AMMAN – The
Financial Action Task Force
(FATF) has announced the removal of Jordan's name from the list of countries
under increased scrutiny in the fight against money laundering and terrorist
financing, known as the 'gray list’, according to Khaberni.
اضافة اعلان
This decision was made during the FATF's
general meeting held from the 23rd to the 27th of this month in the French
capital, Paris, in the presence of the
Central Bank of Jordan Governor
Adel Sharkas, the head of the National Committee for Combating Money Laundering and
Terrorist Financing, and the head of the Anti-Money Laundering and
Counter-Terrorism Financing Unit.
During this meeting, Sharkas delivered a
speech in which he emphasized that this announcement recognizes the success of
the Kingdom in strengthening the national system for combating
money laundering, terrorist financing, and the proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction and aligning it with international standards. It reflects the
completion of implementing all the action plan items approved by the FATF in
October 2021.
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