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

Technical Compliance

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

Uganda Follow-Up Report 2022

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R.1 - Assessing risk & applying risk-based approach: PC
R.2 - National cooperation and coordination: LC
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: C
R.7 - Targeted financial sanctions related to proliferation: NC
R.8 - Non-profit organisations: NC
R.9 - Financial institution secrecy laws: C
R.10 - Customer due diligence: LC
R.11 - Record keeping: C
R.12 - Politically exposed persons: C
R.13 - Correspondent banking: C
R.14 - Money or value transfer services: LC
R.15 - New technologies: PC
R.16 - Wire transfers: C
R.17 - Reliance on third parties: C
R.18 - Internal controls and foreign branches and subsidiaries: C
R.19 - Higher-risk countries: PC
R.20 - Reporting of suspicious transactions: C
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: NC
R.27 - Powers of supervisors: PC
R.28 - Regulation and supervision of DNFBPs: NC
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: LC
R.32 - Cash couriers: C
R.33 - Statistics: NC
R.34 - Guidance and feedback: PC
R.35- Sanctions: LC
R.36 - International instruments: C
R.37 - Mutual legal assistance: PC
R.38 - Mutual legal assistance: freezing and confiscation: PC
R.39 - Extradition: NC
R.40 - Other forms of international cooperation: PC

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

Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG)

The Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG) is a is a FATF-Style Regional Body (FSRB). The main objectives of ESAAMLG are to adopt and implement the 40 Recommendations of the FATF; apply anti-money laundering measures to all serious crime and implement measures to combat the financing of terrorism. ESAAMLG's objective is also to implement any other measures contained in the multilateral agreements and initiatives relevant to prevention and control of laundering of proceeds of all serious crimes and the financing of terrorism and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

The FATF Recommendations

The FATF Recommendations are the basis on which all countries should meet the shared objective of tackling money laundering, terrorist financing and the financing of proliferation. The FATF calls upon all countries to effectively implement these measures in their national systems.

Mutual Evaluations

The FATF conducts peer reviews of each member on an ongoing basis to assess levels of implementation of the FATF Recommendations, providing an in-depth description and analysis of each country’s system for preventing criminal abuse of the financial system