FATF money crime watchdog adds Kenya and Namibia to its &#x27grey listing&#x27

FATF money crime watchdog adds Kenya and Namibia to its &#x27grey listing&#x27


Individuals wander on the Pedestrian Bridge at the Bluewaters Island in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 08, 2021.

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The Economic Action Task Drive (FATF) global crime watchdog on Friday extra Kenya and Namibia to its ‘grey list’ of nations around the world that will need increased monitoring, due to insufficient curbs against dollars laundering and terrorism financing.

“At this Plenary, the FATF included Kenya and Namibia to the checklist of jurisdictions subject matter to increased checking,” said the FATF in a statement.

Kenya’s Treasury had already explained earlier on Friday that it experienced been set on the ‘grey list’. It explained it was entirely fully commited to utilizing the FATF’s motion strategy and that the shift would only have ‘minimal effects’ on Kenya’s fiscal steadiness.

A report from the FATF last year explained Kenya predominantly confronted challenges from flows of dollars connected to terrorism financing from both equally within and outside the house its borders, whilst cryptocurrencies posed even further challenges.

There are many militant groups functioning in the location close to Kenya, including the al Shabaab team in neighboring Somalia, which is linked to al Qaeda and has released several attacks in Kenya in the past.

Namibia’s Fiscal Intelligence Centre said previously on Friday that placing Namibia on the ‘grey list’ could have detrimental impacts on Namibia’s international direct investment.



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