Fiji'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 Fiji's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) system. The assessment is a comprehensive review of the effectiveness of Fiji'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 Fiji - 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.

Fiji Mutual Evaluation Report 2016

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
C
R.5 - Terrorist financing offence
PC
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
C
R.10 - Customer due diligence
PC
R.11 - Record keeping
PC
R.12 - Politically exposed persons
PC
R.13 - Correspondent banking
C
R.14 - Money or value transfer services
C
R.15 - New technologies
PC
R.16 - Wire transfers
PC
R.17 - Reliance on third parties
PC
R.18 - Internal controls and foreign branches and subsidiaries
PC
R.19 - Higher-risk countries
NC
R.20 - Reporting of suspicious transactions
LC
R.21 - Tipping-off and confidentiality
LC
R.22 - DNFBPs: Customer due diligence
NC
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
PC
R.26 - Regulation and supervision of financial institutions
LC
R.27 - Powers of supervisors
LC
R.28 - Regulation and supervision of DNFBPs
PC
R.29 - Financial intelligence units
C
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
LC
R.35- Sanctions
PC
R.36 - International instruments
PC
R.37 - Mutual legal assistance
LC
R.38 - Mutual legal assistance: freezing and confiscation
C
R.39 - Extradition
PC
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.

Fiji Mutual Evaluation Report 2016

missOrigin

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