Jordan's progress in addressing the technical compliance deficiencies identified in its Mutual Evaluation report

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Jordan has made progress in addressing the technical compliance deficiencies identified in its Mutual Evaluation report.

The following  Recommendations have been re-rated:

  • Recommendations 6, 20, 32 from “Partially Compliant” to “Compliant”
  • Recommendations 1, 4, 21, 24, 26, 33, 35, 37 and 40 from “Partially Compliant” to “Largely Compliant”.
  • Recommendations 7 from “Non-Compliant” to “Compliant”
  • Recommendations 38 from “Non-Compliant” to “Largely Compliant”

Recommendation 15 is re-rated to “Partially Compliant”

The Hashimete Kingdom of Jordan is now rated “Compliant” on 8 Recommendations, “Largely Compliant” on 24 Recommendations, “Partially Compliant” on 4 Recommendations and “Non-Compliant” on 4 Recommendations.

Jordan remains in the Enhanced Follow-Up process.

Follow-up Report to the mutual evaluation of Jordan - 2022

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Technical Compliance

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

Jordan Follow-Up Report 2022

R.1 - Assessing risk & applying risk-based approach
LC
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
C
R.7 - Targeted financial sanctions related to proliferation
C
R.8 - Non-profit organisations
NC
R.9 - Financial institution secrecy laws
C
R.10 - Customer due diligence
LC
R.11 - Record keeping
LC
R.12 - Politically exposed persons
LC
R.13 - Correspondent banking
C
R.14 - Money or value transfer services
LC
R.15 - New technologies
PC
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
LC
R.20 - Reporting of suspicious transactions
C
R.21 - Tipping-off and confidentiality
LC
R.22 - DNFBPs: Customer due diligence
NC
R.23 - DNFBPs: Other measures
NC
R.24 - Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal persons
LC
R.25 - Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal arrangements
NC
R.26 - Regulation and supervision of financial institutions
LC
R.27 - Powers of supervisors
LC
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
C
R.32 - Cash couriers
C
R.33 - Statistics
LC
R.34 - Guidance and feedback
PC
R.35- Sanctions
LC
R.36 - International instruments
LC
R.37 - Mutual legal assistance
LC
R.38 - Mutual legal assistance: freezing and confiscation
LC
R.39 - Extradition
PC
R.40 - Other forms of international cooperation
LC

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

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