TUNISIA’S NEW GOVERNMENT PROMISES CLEAN INVESTMENT DRIVE, BUT AML/CFT CONCERNS PERSIST
August 1st, 2016
Tunisia's financial and political situation is shaky by any measure but the installation of a new national unity government under Prime Minister Youssef Chahed in August does offer some grains of comfort for anti-money laundering (AML) professionals. Chahed, a university professor and agricultural science expert, told the Tunisian parliament this summer that his priorities were defeating terrorism, stimulating economic growth and fighting corruption as well as strengthening the country's democratic system. Fine words, but Tunisia's heard them many times ...
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