FATF AND INTERPOL JOIN FORCES TO BOOST CRIMINAL ASSET SEIZURES
September 30th, 2022
FATF and Interpol have launched an initiative that will see both agencies work together to improve the seizure of criminal assets, a key priority of the AML body’s new president T Raja Kumar’s upcoming two-year term.
A joint communiqué issued after a FATF-INTERPOL Roundtable Engagement (FIRE) event in Singapore wrapped up yesterday (Sept 13) said both organisations would "reinforce international law enforcement and judicial networks that work on asset recovery and the tools available...”
This included a review “to strengthen the FATF’s standards so ...
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