Morocco's measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

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MENAFATF Morocco Mutual Evaluation Report - 2019

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The Middle East & North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF) completed an assessment of Morocco's measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.

The assessment is a comprehensive review of the effectiveness of Morocco's measures to protect the financial system from abuse and its level of compliance with the FATF Recommendations. 

The findings of this assessment have been reviewed and endorsed by the FATF.  

Please refer to the Executive Summary of the report for the Key Findings and Priority Actions.

Technical Compliance

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

Morocco Mutual Evaluation 2019

missOrigin

R.1 - Assessing risk & applying risk-based approach
PC
R.2 - National cooperation and coordination
PC
R.3 - Money laundering offence
LC
R.4 - Confiscation and provisional measures
PC
R.5 - Terrorist financing offence
LC
R.6 - Targeted financial sanctions related to terrorism & terrorist financing
PC
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
PC
R.11 - Record keeping
LC
R.12 - Politically exposed persons
PC
R.13 - Correspondent banking
PC
R.14 - Money or value transfer services
LC
R.15 - New technologies
PC
R.16 - Wire transfers
LC
R.17 - Reliance on third parties
PC
R.18 - Internal controls and foreign branches and subsidiaries
PC
R.19 - Higher-risk countries
PC
R.20 - Reporting of suspicious transactions
PC
R.21 - Tipping-off and confidentiality
C
R.22 - DNFBPs: Customer due diligence
PC
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
NC
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
PC
R.31 - Powers of law enforcement and investigative authorities
PC
R.32 - Cash couriers
NC
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
PC
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.

Morocco Mutual Evaluation 2019

missOrigin

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

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