Belize

Belize assessment schedule

Related publications

  • 31 Jan 2025

    Belize's measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) completed an assessment of Belize's measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.

  • 30 May 2014

    CFATF decides to call for counter measures against Guyana and recognises significant progress made by Belize The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force has identified Guyana, as a jurisdiction with strategic AML/CFT deficiencies and has called on its members and other jurisdictions to apply counter-measures to protect the international financial system from the on-going and substantial money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) risks emanating from Guyana. CFATF has referred Guyana to the FATF. CFATF recognised the significant progress made by Belize to address AML/CFT deficiencies.

  • 21 Nov 2013

    CFATF decides to call for counter measures against Belize and Guyana The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force has identified Belize and Guyana, as jurisdictions with strategic AML/CFT deficiencies that pose a risk to the international financial system. Belize and Guyana are subject a call by CFATF on its members and other jurisdictions to apply counter-measures to protect the international financial system from the on-going and substantial money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF risks emanating from these countries. Domenica has made sufficient progress in addressing deficiencies since the public statement of May 2013.

  • 30 May 2013

    CFATF Public Statement The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) has issued a public statement identifying jurisdictions with strategic AML/CFT deficiencies that pose a risk to the international financial system. CFATF, one of the FATF-Style Regional Bodies, works closely with these jurisdictions to address these deficiencies.

  • 19 Apr 2012

    Follow-up Reports to the Mutual Evaluation of Belize The follow-up reports, presented at the CFATF Plenary meetings, provide an analysis of the progress made by Belize to correct the deficiencies identified in the Mutual Evaluation Report MER which was adopted by the CFATF Council of Ministers in May 2011.

  • 29 Jul 2011

    Mutual Evaluation of Belize Belize is a member of CFATF, the assessment of the implementation of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT measures in Belize was conducted by CFATF.

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Ratings

Effectiveness

Ratings that reflect the extent to which a country's measures are effective. The assessment is conducted on the basis of 11 immediate outcomes, which represent key goals that an effective AML/CFT system should achieve.

4th round France ratings

IO1
HE
IO2
HE
IO3
HE
IO4
HE
IO5
HE
IO6
SE
IO7
HE
IO8
HE
IO9
HE
IO10
ME
IO11
SE

Technical Compliance

Definition

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

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

4th round France ratings

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