MONEY LAUNDERING & FATF etc

BY KEITH NUTHALLTOO many cooks spoil the broth. Or do they? As far as the world's fight against money laundering is concerned, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund think that they can bring extra flavour to the struggle waged by the OECD's Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Can they? Keith Nuthall reports.CHEQUERED would be a word most easily chosen to describe the record of international organisations in furthering the world's common good. But one of the smallest groups, the FATF, has in many quarters been regarded as effective. From its Paris ...


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