21 December 2010 - FATF Report: Money Laundering Using New Payment Methods
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21 December 2010 - FATF report: Money Laundering Using Trusts and Company Service Providers
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21 December 2010 - FATF Report: Effective global anti-money laundering and countering of the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) system
depends on work of regional groups
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9 December, 2010 - 2010 Transparency International Global Corruption Barometer published.
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November 22, 2010 - Mutual Evaluation Report now available for Argentina
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22 November, 2010 - FATF paper on International Best Practices: Managing the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorirst financing policy
implications of voluntary tax compliance programmes
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22 November, 2010 - FATF - Review of the Standards - Preparation for the 4th Round of Mutual Evaluations
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22 November, 2010 - FATF - Reinforcing the global AML/CFT structure
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November 14, 2010 - Mutual Evaluation Report now available for Lebanon
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November 14, 2010 - Netherlands Antilles was dissolved in October 2010 and, subsequently, Curacao and St Maarten became
self-governing countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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November 12, 2010 - OECD - Tax Transparency: Presentation of the Report on progress made against international tax evasion
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November 3, 2010 - Outcomes of the FATF Plenary meeting, Paris, 20-22 October 2010
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November 3, 2010 - FATF has agreed that Denmark, Spain and Sweden have taken sufficient action to address aml issues in previous
mutual evaluations and have therefore been taken off the regular follow-up process.
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November 3, 2010 - FATF has expressed its disappointment and serious concern regarding Argentina’s failure to implement an adequate
and effective AML/CFT system
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October 30, 2010 - Belize uplifted to OECD implementation of tax standard white list.
View current list.......
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October 30, 2010 - 2010 OECD Study on Offshore Voluntary Disclosure
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Oct 22, 2010 - FATF ongoing review of compliance with the AML/CFT standards - Azerbaijan and Qatar removed from list / Bangladesh,
Ghana, Honduras, Philippines, Tanzania, Venezuela, Vietnam all added to AML/CFT deficient (but committed to address) list / Sao
Tome & Principe uplifted to AML/CFT deficient (but committed to address) list.
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Tax Information Exchange Agreements signed August - October 18, 2010: -
Greenland - Vanuatu, Sweden - Vanuatu, Norway - Vanuatu, Iceland - Vanuatu, Finland - Vanuatu, Faroes Islands - Vanuatu, Denmark -
Vanuatu, India - Bermuda, Germany - British Virgin Islands, Ireland - Marshall Island, Norway - Marshall Islands, Iceland - Marshall Islands,
Greenland - Marshall Islands, Finland - Marshall Islands, Faroes Islands - Marshall Islands, Sweden - Marshall Islands, Denmark - Marshall
Islands, Germany - Dominica, Finland - Belize, Norway - Belize, Iceland - Belize, Denmark - Belize, Greenland - Belize, Faroes Islands -
Belize, Sweden - Belize, France - Cook Islands, Antigua and Barbuda - Aruba, Mexico - Cayman Islands, New Zealand - Samoa, New Zealand -
Marshall Islands, New Zealand - Vanuatu, Portugal - St. Kitts and Nevis, Germany - Monaco, Portugal - St. Lucia
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October 14, 2010 - FinCEN SAR Activity Review for October 2010 - Trends, Tips and Issues - now available.
See Review (pdf file)....
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October 10, 2010 - The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes has issued phase one peer reviews
covering the legal and regulatory frameworks for transparency and exchange of tax information in the following countries (click to view reviews): -
Bermuda, Botswana, Cayman Islands, India, Jamaica, Monaco, Panama and Qatar.
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October 10, 2010 - The Marshall Islands uplifted to OECD implementation of tax standard white list.
View current list.......
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October 2, 2010 - Z/Yen September 2010 Global Financial Centers Index published
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September 30, 2010 - FATF mutual evaluation tables for Benin updated.
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September 28, 2010 - The Philippines uplifted to OECD implementation of tax standard white list.
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September 27, 2010 - FinCEN announces that it has submitted for publication in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
that would require certain depository institutions and money services businesses (MSBs) to affirmatively provide records to FinCEN of certain
cross-border electronic transmittals of funds
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September 20, 2010 - Cook Islands uplifted to OECD implementation of tax standard white list.
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September 12, 2010 - The following country reports have now been updated with more detailed information on implementation of the FATF 40
+ 9 recommendations: -.
Mauritania, Qatar, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen
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September 7, 2010 - OECD: Israel becomes the OECD’s 33rd member
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August 31 - US imposes new North Korea sanctions
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August 22, 2010 - Brunei uplifted to OECD implementation of tax standard white list.
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August 22, 2010 - OECD - The first 8 peer review reports have been approved by the Global Forum’s Peer Review Group. These Phase 1
reports assess the legal and regulatory frameworks related to transparency and exchange of information for tax purposes in Bermuda,
Botswana, the Cayman Islands, India, Jamaica, Monaco, Panama and Qatar. All reports remain confidential until the Global Forum adopts them.
The next Global Forum meeting will be held in Singapore on 29 and 30 September 2010.
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August 8, 2010 - All country reports, where applicable, have been updated with more detailed information on implementation of the FATF 40 +
9 recommendations.
Please note that the MENAFATF countries have not yet been updated because of problems currently in accessing the MENAFATF website.
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August 8, 2010 - Mutual Evaluation Reports adopted for Tonga and the Solomon Islands
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July 30 2010 - Slovenia becomes the OECD’s 32nd member: -
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We have now introduced a page where you can find links to read the latest regional aml reports
Click here
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Want to create your own Geographical AML Risk Rating system? You can download our free excel spreadsheet and make your own simply and
quickly.
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July 16, 2010: FinCEN guidance notes on recent FATF statements (see below entry June 25, 2010)
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July 13, 2010 - New Reports available: -
Central African Republic, Gaza Strip, Kiribati, Micronesia, Mongolia, Montserrat, Nauru, Niger, Niue, Palau, Puerto
Rico, San Marino, Sao Tome, Solomon Islands, St Vincent & Grenadines, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Vatican City, Virgin
Islands (US), West Bank
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July 12, 2010 - We have prepared a List of Sanctions currently in force: -
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July 11, 2010 - New Reports available: -
Bhutan, Chad, Djibouti, Grenada, Guam, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania
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Tax Information Exchange Agreements signed in June, 2010: -
Canada - Dominica, Canada - Cayman Islands, Sweden - Monaco, Iceland - Monaco, Norway - Monaco, Finland - Monaco, Denmark -
Monaco, Greenland - Monaco, Faroes - Monaco, Canada - The Bahamas, Canada - Bermuda, Germany - Saint Lucia, Germany - Turks and
Caicos Islands
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July 4, 2010 - New Reports available: -
Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Nepal, North Korea, Swaziland
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Outcomes of the FATF Plenary meeting, Amsterdam, 23-25 June 2010 - an overview of the major outcomes of the Plenary, during which India
became a full member of the FATF and the mutual evaluations of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, India and Brazil were approved
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June 25, 2010 - FATF has updated its two public documents issued in February 2010 relating to uncooperative countries and countries that
are AML deficient
View Statement 1.........
View Statement 2.........
Or go to our web page for Summary
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June 27, 3010 - New reports available: -
Burundi, Congo, Guinea Bissau, Madagascar, Malawi, Rwanda, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkmenistan
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June 23, 2010 - FinCEN Releases 14th SAR Activity Review-By the Numbers
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June 22, 2010 - FinCEN Issues Advisory to Provide Update on the Continuing Illicit Finance Threat Emanating From Iran
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June 21, 2010 - FinCEN issues Advisory on Newly Released Mexican Regulations Imposing Restrictions on Mexican Banks for Transactions in
U.S. Currency
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June 20, 2010 - New reports available: -
Armenia, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Jamaica, Liberia, Mozambique, Somalia, Tajikistan
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June 8, 2010 - U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Douglas H. Shulman addresses leaders in the international tax and business
community on cooperation and coordination among countries on tax issues.
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June 13, 2010 - All Country reports have been upgraded. We have also produced new reports for the following countries (click on name to
view report): -
Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Benin, Cambodia, Cuba, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Kosovo, Laos, Libya,
Macedonia, Nicaragua, St Lucia, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Tunisia, Yemen
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T.I.E.A.'s entered into in May, 2010 :
Germany - Turks and Caicos Islands, Germany - Cayman Islands, Netherlands - Liberia, Norway - Antigua and Barbuda, Norway - Dominica,
Norway - Grenada, Norway - Saint Lucia, Greenland - Antigua and Barbuda, Greenland - Dominica, Greenland - Grenada, Greenland - Saint
Lucia, Sweden - Grenada, Sweden - Dominica, Sweden - Saint Lucia, Sweden - Antigua, Iceland - Grenada, Iceland - Dominica, Iceland - Saint
Lucia, Iceland - Antigua, Finland - Antigua, Finland - Dominica, Finland - Grenada, Finland - Saint Lucia, Faroes Islands - Grenada, Faroes
Islands - Saint Lucia, Faroes Islands - Dominica, Faroes Islands - Antigua, Denmark - Grenada, Denmark - Dominica, Australia - Marshall Islands
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June 3, 2010 - Brazil, Indonesia ranked as implementing international information standard
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June 3 2010 - EU Warns France Over Failure To Enact Money Laundering Law
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31 May 2010 - Fighting Corruption : US Attorney General Eric H. Holder on efforts to fight international corruption
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May 28 2010 - Conclusions of the OECD Meeting of the Council at Ministerial Level, 27-28 May 2010
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May 27 2010 - OECD welcomes Chile, Estonia, Israel and Slovenia as members
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May 2010 - FATF release status report on Combating
Proliferation Financing: A Status Report on Policy Development
and Consultation
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May 21 2010 - Dominica, Grenada and St Lucia uplifted to OECD implementation of Tax Standard White List
See list..........
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May 18, 2010 - 'Strong' new Iran sanctions UN resolution
being tabled.
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May 16, 2010 - FINCEN releases Suspicious Activity Reports Activity Review focusing on the Casino & Gaming Industry
Read Report (pdf file - 72 pages).......
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May 16, 2010 - Tax Information Exchange Agreements entered into - France with St Vincent & the Grenadines, Netherlands with
Gibraltar, Australia with Vanuatu
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May 16, 2010 - FATF President gives an address titled Towards Global Coverage and Compliance
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May 4, 2010 - FINCEN Enforcement action - Eurobank, Puerto Rico
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May 1, 2010 - Free Trade Zones - Over 3000 in 135 Countries worldwide.
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April 28, 2010 - FINCEN news release - FinCEN Warns Lenders to Guard Against Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Fraud Schemes
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April 2010 - Global threats and challenges for financial institutions - FATF President Paul Vlaanderen gives an overview of threats and
concerns
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FATF Report - Money Laundering vulnerabilities of Free Trade Zones
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HM Treasury Statement on Money Laundering controls in Overseas Jurisdictions
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OECD - Tax: Revised OECD, Council of Europe treaty will boost multilateral cooperation
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OECD - A framework for successful offshore voluntary compliance programmes
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April 14 2010 - FINCEN update - Amendment to the Bank Secrecy Act Regulations - Defining Mutual Funds as Financial Institutions
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April 11 2010 - Jeffrey Owens reports progress on OECD work on tax havens, outlining plans to help countries implement OECD standards on
tax transparency
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April 11 2010 - T.I.E.A.'s signed - Australia with Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Monaco, St Lucia and Turks
& Caicos - Germany with Bahamas and St Vincent - United Kingdom with Dominica and Grenada
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March 25 2010 - St Kitts & Nevis and St Vincent & the Grenadines uplifted to OECD white list re implementation of International Tax Standard
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March - T.I.E.A.'s signed - St Kitts & Nevis and St Vincent & Grenadines with Faroes, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden
- Anguilla with Australia and Germany - UK / Belize - Belgium / Grenada - Australia/St Vincent & Grenadines
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March 2010 - FATF Mutual Evaluation of Luxembourg completed
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March 2010 - FATF Mutual Evaluation of Germany completed
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March 22 2010 - Anguilla uplifted to OECD white list re implementation of International Tax Standard
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March 20 2010 - Latest FINCEN update available re enforcement actions.
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March 18 2010 - OECD - Tax transparency - Global Forum launches country-by-country review
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March 2010 - Interim follow-up report to the Mutual Evaluation of Greece
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Outcomes of the MENAFATF-FATF Plenary Meeting, Abu Dhabi, 17-19 February 2010
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March 2010 - T.I.E.A.s signed - The Bahamas with Denmark, Faroes, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Spain -
New Zealand with Dominica and St Vincent & Grenadines
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March 12 2010 - The Bahamas uplifted to OECD white list re implementation of International Tax Standard
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March 9 2010 - US eases Cuba, Iran, Sudan sanctions to allow freer web
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March - T.I.E.A.'s signed - Andorra with Denmark, Faroes, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden - UK / San Marino -
Mexico / Bahamas - Australia / San Marino - Belgium / Montserrat - Netherlands with Belize and Grenada
View Agreements.........
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March 1 2010 - US State Dept issues 2010 INCSR Money Laundering & Financial Crime Report. Countries deemed as Primary Concern (click
on countries in bold to read report) are: Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil,
Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Canada, Cayman Islands, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, France,
Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy,
Japan, Jersey, Kenya, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macau, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan,
Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab
Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe. No reports available for 2010 for Countries deemed
to be of 'Concern'.
View Report (pdf).......
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February 25 2010 - Andorra uplifted to OECD white list re implementation of International Tax Standard
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February 22 2010 - Moldova - EU suspends the implementation of the restrictive measures until September 2010.
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February 2010 - US Dept of Treasury,- Advisories/Bulletins/Fact Sheets for Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) updates now
available.
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February 2010 - FATF mutual evaluation on Serbia published.
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February 18 2010 - Malaysia uplifted to OECD white list re implementation of International Tax Standard
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February 18 2010 - FATF issues public statement on new list of uncooperative nations - Iran, Angola, Ecuador, Ethiopia, North Korea,
Pakistan, Turkmenistan and Sao Tome & Principe
Read Statement ......
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February 18 2010 - FATF issues public statement on nations that are deemed to have strategic AML deficiencies. Countries named - Antigua
and Barbuda, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Greece, Indonesia, Kenya, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Paraguay, Qatar, Sri Lanka,
Sudan, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, and Yemen.
Read Statement.......
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February 2010 - France adopts blacklist of countries deemed uncooperative in tax matters
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8 February 2010 - T.I.E.A.'s signed: Japan/Bermuda - France/Uruguay - Netherlands/San Marino
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8 February 2010 - All nations are now featured in our Risk Banding Index
Go to Risk Banding Index ......
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28 January 2010 - OECD establishes tax and development task force
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28 January 2010 - The US Senate has backed legislation allowing President Barack Obama to extend sanctions against Iran.
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28 January 2010 - OECD establishes tax and development task force
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22 January 2010 - USA - FinCEN Releases Latest Edition of SAR Activity Review-By the Numbers
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Improving Compliance with the International Standards - Speech by Paul Vlaanderen, FATF President on 4 December 2009
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United Kingdom signs TIEAs with Antigua, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia and St Vincent & the Grenadines.
See Agreements .......
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Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden sign TIEAs with San Marino
See Agreements.......
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Belgium signs TIEA with Belize, France signs TIEA with Vanuatu
See Agreements .......
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Chile: 11th January 2010 Chile signs up as first OECD member in South America
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Note: The GAFISUD website, whereat FATF reports for all major South American countries are available, has been unavailable for some time
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Venezuela: 11th January 2010 Chavez's government devalued Venezuela's bolivar currency Friday, setting two rates of 2.6 and 4.3
against the dollar
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5 January 2010 - OECD Overview of work on countering international tax evasion
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Ukraine: December 21 2009 Ukraine could go back on international
financial blacklist in February, says financial monitoring committee
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India: 31 December 2009 Govt signs MoUs with three countries to fight
terror financing.
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China: 30 December 2009 - China's anti-money laundering strategy
launched
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Kenya: 29 December 2009: Anti-Money Laundering Bill Passes, But Does Govt Mean Business?
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18 December 2009: Belgium signs TIEA's with Gibraltar and St Kitts & Nevis
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Chile: 15 December 2009 Chile invited to become a member of the OECD
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Azerbaijan: 14 Dec 2009 Fourth public statement of the MONEYVAL Committee in respect of Azerbaijan
view statemant (pdf file)......
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Chile: 14 December 2009 Chile enacts law on access to bank information, implements tax standard
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Singapore: 13 November 2009 Singapore signs its 12th tax agreement meeting the OECD standard
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United Kingdom: 10 November 2009 Follow Up Report to the Mutual Evaluation of the United Kingdom
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Bolivia / Myanmar / Venezuela: 16 Sept 2009 U.S. keeps Venezuela, Bolivia atop narcotics list
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South Korea: 14 October 2009 FATF welcomes the Republic of Korea as a member
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