On 28 August, The Africa Report said that the World Bank has suspended its Doing Business report, which ranks countries based on the costs of doing business, following a number of irregularities have been reported regarding changes to the data in the Doing Business 2018 and Doing Business 2020 reports. It did not name the authorities of the most affected countries.
https://www.theafricareport.com/39622/world-bank-suspends-doing-business-rankings-after-fraud
The latest AML/CFT follow-up report to its recent round of mutual evaluation reports, the Council of Europe’s AML/CFT body is the 2nd enhanced follow-up report on Ukraine following the evaluation in 2017. In the 2017 report, MONEYVAL highlighted a number of deficiencies in key areas. MONEYVAL now notes the progress of Ukraine in 2 key areas – improving the criminal law provisions for the offence of terrorism financing; and enhanced sanctions for financial institutions and other entities for non-compliance with AML/CFT legislation, with Ukraine re-rated from “partially compliant” to “largely compliant” in respect of these matters. Further steps have been taken to improve compliance with the other Recommendations, including those Recommendations that have been revised since the adoption of the MER, but some gaps remain. Ukraine is encouraged to continue its efforts to address the remaining deficiencies. Ukraine will remain in enhanced follow-up and will continue to report back to MONEYVAL on progress to strengthen its implementation of AML/CFT measures. Ukraine is expected to report back in a year’s time.
https://rm.coe.int/moneyval-2020-9-sr-2nd-enhanced-fur-ua/16809ef777
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