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Financial crime watchdog adds South Africa to 'grey list'

International financial crime watchdog the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Friday added South Africa to its "grey list" of countries under special scrutiny to implement standards to prevent money laundering and terrorism financing.

Reuters

Ukraine urges financial crime watchdog to expel Russia

Ukraine issued a new appeal on Wednesday to the global financial crime watchdog the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to exclude Russia and blacklist it as a high-risk jurisdiction, the finance ministry said.

Reuters

Countries to face ‘grey list’ in anti-terror crackdown on crypto

Money-laundering watchdog is planning to ramp up oversight of crypto providers, sources say

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Myanmar downplays blacklisting by money laundering watchdog

Myanmar's central bank has promised improvements and warned against currency manipulation after an international watchdog put the military-controlled country on a terrorism and financial crimes blacklist

The Independent UK

Pakistan removed from global ‘terrorism’ financing list

Pakistan was on a ‘grey list’ of nations considered at high risk of money laundering and ‘terror’ financing since 2018.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan taken off watch list for terror funding, laundering

An international watchdog says it's removing Pakistan from its so-called “gray list” of countries that do not take full measures to combat money laundering and terrorism financing

The Independent UK

Pakistan taken off global watchdog's 'grey' list for terrorism financing

Pakistan has been removed from an international grey list that warrants increased surveillance for terrorism financing, the head of the international money laundering watchdog which makes the list said on Friday.

Reuters

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Explainer-Pakistan hopes to get off global dirty money watchdog's 'grey list'

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global money laundering and terrorism financing watchdog, starts a two-day meeting in Paris on Thursday and is expected to take up removal of Pakistan from a list of countries under "increased monitoring".

Reuters

The world has a choice: act decisively now or face a larger conflict with Russia

Ukraine needs more support. This can and must be agreed this week, says Ukrainian presidential adviser Vladyslav Vlasiuk

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine wants global financial crime watchdog to expel Russia

Ukraine's central bank chief said on Friday he plans to ask the global financial crime watchdog the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to expel Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

China blocks listing of Lashkar ‘commander’ Sajid Mir at UNSC

This is Beijing’s third attempt in three months

The Hindu

ED in top gear, gets refund of Rs 23,000 crore to banks

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate is on overdrive with 992 prosecution complaints (chargesheets) filed so far for probes taken up under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, which came into force in 2005.

The Times of India

Cash-rich Germany criticised by watchdog over money laundering

Germany has been criticised by a global watchdog for failing to do enough to tackle money laundering, such as by prosecuting very few for the crime despite being one of the globe's biggest cash centres.

Reuters

Europe put tax havens in the Caribbean – and now punishes them for it

The EU tax haven and ‘dirty money’ blacklists discriminate against Caribbean countries and other poor nations while letting western nations off the hook

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High-level security meet discusses action plan as terror activities spike in Rajouri and Poonch

“The raids are in connection with a hawala racket that was unearthed with the arrest of two people who were allegedly routing money to terror outfits Lashkar-e-Taiba and Al Badr,” officials said.

The Hindu

Ahead of FATF visit, Pakistan doubles efforts to ‘trace’ Masood Azhar

Senior FATF team to verify if Pakistan, on the ‘grey list’ since 2018, has carried out task list actions

Radio France Internationale

EU moves to tame the 'wild west' of cryptocurrencies in landmark legislation

The European Union has agreed on ground-breaking rules for regulating crypto assets as the crash in bitcoin value piles pressure on authorities to rein in the sector.

The Hindu

26/11 planner Sajid Mir was arrested and convicted within weeks

Timing of sentencing of LeT deputy chief significant, aimed at winning leniency at FATF, say government officials

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The Hindu

Keep up the pressure: On the conviction of a Mumbai attacks handler in Pakistan

India must seek the extradition of Sajid Mir for his role in the Mumbai attacks

The Hindu

Pakistan’s economic muddling and the IMF challenge

The falling rupee, depleting foreign exchange reserves, energy shortage, increasing fuel prices and a complicated external support highlight the contemporary economic crisis Pakistan is in. Will Islamabad find a way out?

The Times of India

Give Shehbaz Sharif some time to carry out economic and electoral reforms: Bilawal Bhutto

KARACHI: Blaming former Prime Minister Imran Khan for Pakistan's current economic travails, foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has urged the people to give the current Shehbaz Sharif dispensation some time to carry out the economic and electoral reforms.

The Guardian - AU

Money laundering: more Australian prosecutions needed, financial intelligence agency warns

Country risks failing next international evaluation and could be put on a ‘grey list’ if it doesn’t do enough

Reuters

Pakistan 'one step away' from exiting dirty money 'grey list' - minister

Pakistan is "one step away" from exiting a dirty money "grey list" after the global watchdog said an on-site visit could lead to the South Asian nation's removal, the state minister for foreign affairs said on Saturday.

The Independent UK

Pakistan to stay on terror financing watchdog's 'gray list'

An international watchdog says it will keep Pakistan on a so-called “gray list” of countries that do not take full measures to combat money-laundering and terror financing

The Hindu

Pakistan hopes for relief on FATF ‘grey list’ sanctions

Pakistan government sources quoted in media reports indicate that Islamabad is confident it has “completed” its task list.

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