Bangladesh' measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

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Bangladesh

The Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) completed its assessment of Bangladesh' anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) system. The assessment is a comprehensive review of the effectiveness of Bangladesh' AML/CFT system and its level of compliance with the FATF Recommendations. 

The report was formally adopted by at the APG Annual Meeting in September 2016.  The findings of this assessment have also been reviewed and endorsed by the FATF. 

Bangladesh has made significant progress since the last Mutual Evaluation Report in 2009, reflecting political commitment and leadership on AML/CFT. The levels of technical compliance with the 40 Recommendations are generally high, but levels of effectiveness across the 11 immediate outcomes are more mixed.

 

 

APG Mutual Evaluation of Bangladesh - 2016

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Technical Compliance

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

Bangladesh Mutual Evaluation 2016

R.1 - Assessing risk & applying risk-based approach
PC
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
LC
R.8 - Non-profit organisations
LC
R.9 - Financial institution secrecy laws
PC
R.10 - Customer due diligence
LC
R.11 - Record keeping
C
R.12 - Politically exposed persons
LC
R.13 - Correspondent banking
LC
R.14 - Money or value transfer services
LC
R.15 - New technologies
C
R.16 - Wire transfers
PC
R.17 - Reliance on third parties
LC
R.18 - Internal controls and foreign branches and subsidiaries
PC
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
PC
R.25 - Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal arrangements
PC
R.26 - Regulation and supervision of financial institutions
PC
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
LC
R.32 - Cash couriers
LC
R.33 - Statistics
PC
R.34 - Guidance and feedback
PC
R.35- Sanctions
PC
R.36 - International instruments
LC
R.37 - Mutual legal assistance
LC
R.38 - Mutual legal assistance: freezing and confiscation
LC
R.39 - Extradition
LC
R.40 - Other forms of international cooperation
LC

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

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.

Bangladesh Mutual Evaluation 2016

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

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

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