Tunisia's measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

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Tunisia's measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

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

The assessment is a comprehensive review of the effectiveness of Tunisia'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.  

 

MENAFATF - Mutual Evaluation of Tunisia

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Technical Compliance

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

Tunisia Mutual Evaluation 2016

R.1 - Assessing risk & applying risk-based approach
PC
R.2 - National cooperation and coordination
PC
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
PC
R.7 - Targeted financial sanctions related to proliferation
NC
R.8 - Non-profit organisations
LC
R.9 - Financial institution secrecy laws
C
R.10 - Customer due diligence
PC
R.11 - Record keeping
C
R.12 - Politically exposed persons
PC
R.13 - Correspondent banking
LC
R.14 - Money or value transfer services
LC
R.15 - New technologies
PC
R.16 - Wire transfers
NC
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
C
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
NC
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
PC
R.32 - Cash couriers
LC
R.33 - Statistics
PC
R.34 - Guidance and feedback
NC
R.35- Sanctions
LC
R.36 - International instruments
PC
R.37 - Mutual legal assistance
C
R.38 - Mutual legal assistance: freezing and confiscation
PC
R.39 - Extradition
C
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.

Tunisia Mutual Evaluation 2016

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