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NEWS: UAE remains on FATF ‘grey list’ but has made progress in addressing its AML issues, watchdog says

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INSIGHT: Career prosecutor and former financial intelligence director, Xolisile Khanyile (left) has called on fincrime leaders leaders to “confront” the fact that almost half FATF's "grey- listed" countries are African nations. Our photo shows Xolisile with a colleague from the UAE at a recent FATF plenary.

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NEWS: UK finance regulators to respond to each other ‘within 10 working days’ to avoid repeat of Football Index collapse

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has taken significant steps to address the shortcomings in its AML/CFT framework, according a FATF follow-up report released this week (Thurs). However, the country remains on the FATF ‘grey list’ otherwise known as its Enhanced Follow-Up process Overall, the UAE is now “compliant” with 15 of the forty FATF Recommendations,…

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