Sri Lanka'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.

Sri Lanka Follow-Up Report 2021

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: PC
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: LC
R.8 - Non-profit organisations: PC
R.9 - Financial institution secrecy laws: LC
R.10 - Customer due diligence: LC
R.11 - Record keeping: LC
R.12 - Politically exposed persons: LC
R.13 - Correspondent banking: LC
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: C
R.22 - DNFBPs: Customer due diligence: LC
R.23 - DNFBPs: Other measures: C
R.24 - Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal persons: NC
R.25 - Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal arrangements: LC
R.26 - Regulation and supervision of financial institutions: PC
R.27 - Powers of supervisors: C
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: LC
R.32 - Cash couriers: LC
R.33 - Statistics: LC
R.34 - Guidance and feedback: LC
R.35- Sanctions: PC
R.36 - International instruments: LC
R.37 - Mutual legal assistance: C
R.38 - Mutual legal assistance: freezing and confiscation: LC
R.39 - Extradition: LC
R.40 - Other forms of international cooperation: PC

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

Earlier reports

22 Dec 2020

Follow-up report to Sri Lanka's assessment of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures This follow-up report analyses the progress of Sri Lanka in addressing the technical compliance deficiencies identified in its MER and ensuing FURs.
4 Oct 2019

Follow-up report to Sri Lanka's assessment of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures This follow-up report analyses the progress of Sri Lanka in addressing the technical compliance deficiencies identified in its MER.
20 Sep 2018

Sri Lanka's progress in strengthening measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing This follow-up report analyses the progress of Sri Lanka in addressing the technical compliance deficiencies identified in its MER.
1 Jul 2016

First follow-up report to Sri Lanka's assessment of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures Sri Lanka's first follow-up since APG's assessment of the effectiveness of their measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing looks at the action the country has taken to address the weaknesses identified in the assessment.
5 Oct 2015

Sri Lanka's measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing This APG report provides a summary of the anti-money laundering (AML) / counter-terrorist financing (CFT) measures in place in Sri Lanka as at the date of the on-site visit (1-12 December 2014). The report analyses how effective Sri Lanka's AML/CFT system is and provides recommendations on how the system could be strengthened. The findings of this assessment have also been reviewed and endorsed by the FATF.

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

The 2022 and 2013 Methodologies for Assessing Technical Compliance with the FATF Recommendations and the Effectiveness of AML/CFT/CPF Systems

These documents are guides intended for use by assessors who are tasked with conducting a mutual evaluation. They provide a structured framework of analysis that ensures a level of consistency and high quality of the mutual evaluation reports produced. Latest update: August 2024