MENA FATF MIDDLE EAST MONEY LAUNDERING REGIONAL ORGANISATION
May 1st, 2006
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut
OVER the last five years the Middle East and North Africa region has firmly joined the global effort to fight money laundering and terrorist financing by setting up national financial intelligence units and a regional watchdog, the Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENA-FATF). It was founded in late 2004 in Bahrain as response to the increased emphasis on countering both money laundering and terrorist financing by the international community, and the extra attention the 'MENA region warranted in the US-led 'war ...
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