Long abstract

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the Eastern and Southern Africa Money Laundering Group  (ESAAMLG) held their first joint Plenary meeting in Cape Town, South Africa with a view to mutual reinforcement ot the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/CFT) in the region.  The meeting was the second FATF Plenary under the South African Presidency and the first joint meeting to take place between the FATF and one of its sister bodies on African soil.