Samoa's progress in strengthening measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing

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APG 3rd Follow-Up Report of Samoa

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The mutual evaluation report (MER) of Samoa was adopted in July 2015.

This follow-up report analyses the progress of Samoa in addressing the technical compliance deficiencies identified in its MER. Re-ratings are given where sufficient progress has been made.

Samoa reported progress to address the technical compliance deficiencies identified in the MER. As a result of this progress, Samoa has been re-rated on Recommendations 3, 5 and 10.

  • Recommendation 3 (Originally rated PC, re-rated to LC)
  • Recommendation 5 (Originally rated PC, re-rated to LC)
  • Recommendation 10 (Originally rated PC, re-rated to LC)

 

APG 2nd Follow-Up Mutual Evaluation Report - Samoa 2017

APG Mutual Evaluation Report of Samoa - 2015

Technical Compliance

Ratings which reflect the extent to which a country has implemented the technical requirements of the FATF Recommendations.

Samoa Follow-Up Report 2018

R.1 - Assessing risk & applying risk-based approach
PC
R.2 - National cooperation and coordination
LC
R.3 - Money laundering offence
LC
R.4 - Confiscation and provisional measures
LC
R.5 - Terrorist financing offence
LC
R.6 - Targeted financial sanctions related to terrorism & terrorist financing
PC
R.7 - Targeted financial sanctions related to proliferation
NC
R.8 - Non-profit organisations
PC
R.9 - Financial institution secrecy laws
C
R.10 - Customer due diligence
LC
R.11 - Record keeping
C
R.12 - Politically exposed persons
PC
R.13 - Correspondent banking
PC
R.14 - Money or value transfer services
C
R.15 - New technologies
PC
R.16 - Wire transfers
PC
R.17 - Reliance on third parties
PC
R.18 - Internal controls and foreign branches and subsidiaries
LC
R.19 - Higher-risk countries
NC
R.20 - Reporting of suspicious transactions
LC
R.21 - Tipping-off and confidentiality
C
R.22 - DNFBPs: Customer due diligence
PC
R.23 - DNFBPs: Other measures
PC
R.24 - Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal persons
PC
R.25 - Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal arrangements
PC
R.26 - Regulation and supervision of financial institutions
PC
R.27 - Powers of supervisors
PC
R.28 - Regulation and supervision of DNFBPs
PC
R.29 - Financial intelligence units
LC
R.30 - Responsibilities of law enforcement and investigative authorities
C
R.31 - Powers of law enforcement and investigative authorities
LC
R.32 - Cash couriers
LC
R.33 - Statistics
LC
R.34 - Guidance and feedback
PC
R.35- Sanctions
PC
R.36 - International instruments
PC
R.37 - Mutual legal assistance
LC
R.38 - Mutual legal assistance: freezing and confiscation
LC
R.39 - Extradition
LC
R.40 - Other forms of international cooperation
LC

C = compliant   |   LC = largely compliant     |   PC = partially compliant   |   NC = non-compliant

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