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

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Suriname

Overall, Suriname has made significant progress in addressing the technical compliance deficiencies identified in its Mutual Evaluation.

The country has been re-rated on the following Recommendations:

  • Recommendation 1 has been re-rated from Partially Compliant to Largely Compliant
  • Recommendation 6 has been re-rated from Non Compliant to Largely Compliant
  • Recommendation 10 has been re-rated from Partially Compliant to Largely Compliant
  • Recommendation 23 has been re-rated from Partially Compliant to Largely Compliant
  • Recommendation 29 has been re-rated from Partially Compliant to Compliant
  • Recommendation 32 has been re-rated from Partially Compliant to Largely Compliant

Suriname will remain in enhanced follow-up based on effectiveness ratings. The country's next enhanced follow-up report is due November 2026.

CFATF Follow-up Report Suriname - 2025

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Technical Compliance

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

Suriname Follow-up Report - 2025

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

C = compliant   |   LC = largely compliant     |   PC = partially compliant   |   NC = non-compliant   |   NA = not applicable

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.

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.

Suriname Mutual Evaluation 2023

IO1
LE
IO2
LE
IO3
LE
IO4
LE
IO5
LE
IO6
LE
IO7
LE
IO8
LE
IO9
LE
IO10
LE
IO11
LE

HE = high level of effectiveness   |   SE = substantial level of effectiveness    |   ME = moderate level of effectiveness   |   LE = low level of effectiveness

Earlier reports

  • 15 May 2012

    Follow-up Reports to the Mutual Evaluation of Suriname The follow-up reports, presented at the CFATF Plenary meetings, provide an analysis of the progress made by Suriname to correct the deficiencies identified in the Mutual Evaluation Report MER which was adopted by the CFATF Council of Ministers in October 2009.

  • 30 Nov 2009

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

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