SOUTHERN EASTERN AFRICA REGIONAL ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING BODY FEATURE – ESAAMLG
March 1st, 2006
BY STEVEN SWINDELLS, in Johannesburg
THE FORTEEN countries of the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG) have their AML/CFT work cut out. Under-funded, lacking resources, short of political will and working in a region that leaks money like a sieve...it is a demanding context for the group's daunting tasks.
ESAAMLG, the regional body of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and headquartered in Tanzania, is tasked with carrying out FATF's Forty plus Nine Recommendations - the comprehensive framework for governments developing their ...
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