GAFILAT: MONEY LAUNDERING/TERRORIST FINANCING EMERGING THREATS LINKED TO COVID-19

On 6 October, Foodman CPAs & Advisors published an article saying that FATF-style regional body GAFILAT, the FATF of Latin America, had added a new Annex to its Money Laundering Regional Threat Report related to Covid-19 and which highlights how criminals are taking advantage of this difficult situation in order to make profits and transfer illicit sourced funds across multiple borders and jurisdictions. 

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/gafilat-identifies-money-laundering-80757/

The Report is at –

https://www.gafilat.org/index.php/es/biblioteca-virtual/gafilat/documentos-de-interes-17/estudios-estrategicos-17/3860-second-update-to-the-ml-reginoal-threat-report-gafilat-1/file

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Author: raytodd2017

Chartered Legal Executive and former senior manager with Isle of Man Customs and Excise, where I was (amongst other things) Sanctions Officer (for UN/EU sanctions), Export Licensing Officer and Manager of the Legal-Library & Collectorate Support Section View all posts by raytodd2017