Costa Rica continues to strengthen measures against money laundering and terrorist financing

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Overall, Costa Rica continues to make significant progress in addressing the technical compliance issues identified in its MER.
However, there are still minor deficiencies in the implementation of the requirements in some Recommendations and these have been re-rated as follows:

  • Recommendation 17 from Partially Compliant to Compliant.
  • Recommendation 22 from Partially Compliant to Largely Compliant
  • Recommendation 28 from Non-Compliant to Largely Compliant

This report concludes the enhanced follow-up of Costa Rica for the Fourth Round of Mutual Evaluations, in accordance with the approved procedures and in line with GAFILAT’s roadmap for the preparation of the Fifth Round of Mutual Evaluations.

All subsequent progress and advances made by the country to improve technical compliance with the Recommendations that have been rated PC or NC will be analysed in the framework of the Fifth Round Mutual Evaluation.

Costa Rica: Follow-Up Report 2024

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