PAKISTAN TIGHTENS AML AND CFT CONTROLS, WITH DETERMINATION STRENGTHENED BY SCHOOL TERROR ATTACK
March 9th, 2015
PAKISTAN has been improving its anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regime according to international watchdogs, while its military takes increasingly tough action against hardline Islamist groups.For instance, Pakistan has drawn up a 20-point National Action Plan (NAP), agreed upon by Pakistan’s political and military leadership to fight terrorism; this has helped focus further attention on the need to tackle money laundering and terror financing as part of a comprehensive law-and-order strategy. The plan was formulated in ...
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