The principal objective of the Non-Cooperative Countries and Territories (NCCT) Initiative is to reduce the vulnerability of the financial system to money laundering by ensuring that all financial centres adopt and implement measures for the prevention, detection and punishment of money laundering according to internationally recognised standards.
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The February 2000 NCCTs report laid out the basic procedure for reviewing countries and territories as part of this initiative. The FATF established 4 regional review groups (Americas, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Africa/Middle East) consisting of representatives from the FATF member governments that serve as the main points of contact with the reviewed country or territory.
Countries were selected for review based on FATF members’ experience on a priority basis. The jurisdictions to be reviewed were informed of the work to be carried out by the FATF. The review groups gathered relevant laws, regulations and other relevant information, analysed this information against the 25 criteria, and drafted a report that was sent to the jurisdictions for comment. Each reviewed jurisdiction provided their comments on their respective draft reports. These comments and the draft reports themselves were discussed between the FATF and the jurisdictions concerned during a series of face-to-face meetings. Subsequently, the draft reports were discussed and adopted by the FATF Plenaries.
A total of 47 countries or territories were examined in two rounds of reviews (in 2000 and 2001). A total of 23 were listed as NCCTs—15 in 2000 and 8 in 2001. The FATF has not reviewed any new jurisdictions since 2001.
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