Follow-up report to Sri Lanka's assessment of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures

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Language

English

Country

Sri Lanka

Topic

Mutual Evaluations

The Sri Lanka Follow-up report was adopted by the APG at its Annual Meeting in August 2019.

Recommendations 7, 25 and 38 have been re-rated to Largely Compliant
Recommendation 37 has been re-rated to Compliant
Recommendation 28 is upgraded to Partially Compliant

Sri Lanka will remain on enhanced follow-up, and will continue to report back to the APG on progress to strengthen its implementation of AML/CFT measures.

APG Follow Up Report Sri Lanka - 2019

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Earlier reports

20 Sep 2018

Sri Lanka's progress in strengthening measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing This follow-up report analyses the progress of Sri Lanka in addressing the technical compliance deficiencies identified in its MER.
1 Jul 2016

First follow-up report to Sri Lanka's assessment of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures Sri Lanka's first follow-up since APG's assessment of the effectiveness of their measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing looks at the action the country has taken to address the weaknesses identified in the assessment.
5 Oct 2015

Sri Lanka's measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing This APG report provides a summary of the anti-money laundering (AML) / counter-terrorist financing (CFT) measures in place in Sri Lanka as at the date of the on-site visit (1-12 December 2014). The report analyses how effective Sri Lanka's AML/CFT system is and provides recommendations on how the system could be strengthened. The findings of this assessment have also been reviewed and endorsed by the FATF.

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