RUSSIA – OECD
October 1st, 2002
BY ALAN OSBORNFOLLOWING "significant reforms" to its anti-money laundering system, Russiahas been removed from the list of non-cooperative countries maintained bythe Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering, its parent body, theOECD, has announced.FATF president Jochen Sanio said Russia had given "strong assurances thatit will bring to a completion this reform process and theimplementation of its anti-money laundering framework." Meanwhile, the FATFhas taken the "serious step" of calling for counter-measures against Nigeriaand the Ukraine unless they ...
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