Bhutan's measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

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

 

APG Mutual Evaluation of Bhutan - 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.

Bhutan Mutual Evaluation 2016

R.1 - Assessing risk & applying risk-based approach
NC
R.2 - National cooperation and coordination
PC
R.3 - Money laundering offence
PC
R.4 - Confiscation and provisional measures
PC
R.5 - Terrorist financing offence
NC
R.6 - Targeted financial sanctions related to terrorism & terrorist financing
NC
R.7 - Targeted financial sanctions related to proliferation
NC
R.8 - Non-profit organisations
PC
R.9 - Financial institution secrecy laws
LC
R.10 - Customer due diligence
C
R.11 - Record keeping
C
R.12 - Politically exposed persons
C
R.13 - Correspondent banking
C
R.14 - Money or value transfer services
PC
R.15 - New technologies
C
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
PC
R.21 - Tipping-off and confidentiality
NC
R.22 - DNFBPs: Customer due diligence
C
R.23 - DNFBPs: Other measures
PC
R.24 - Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal persons
PC
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
NC
R.29 - Financial intelligence units
NC
R.30 - Responsibilities of law enforcement and investigative authorities
PC
R.31 - Powers of law enforcement and investigative authorities
PC
R.32 - Cash couriers
PC
R.33 - Statistics
PC
R.34 - Guidance and feedback
PC
R.35- Sanctions
PC
R.36 - International instruments
PC
R.37 - Mutual legal assistance
NC
R.38 - Mutual legal assistance: freezing and confiscation
NC
R.39 - Extradition
LC
R.40 - Other forms of international cooperation
PC

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.

Bhutan Mutual Evaluation 2016

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

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

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