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An Act to provide for the offence of money laundering, the measures to be taken for the prevention of money laundering and terrorism financing offences and to provide for the forfeiture of property involved in or derived from money laundering and terrorism financing offences, as well as terrorist property, proceeds of an unlawful activity and instrumentalities of an offence, and for matters ...
The Anti–Money Laundering Council (AMLC) is the agency of the Government of the Philippines that is tasked to implement the provisions of Republic Act No. 9160, also known as the Anti–Money Laundering Act of 2001 (AMLA), as amended, and Republic Act No. 10168, also known as the “Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act of 2012” (TFPSA).
AMLA's establishment has been characterized as "much-needed" by major EU political forces, [1] and it has been described as transformational by a wide range of observers. [2] [3] [4] It is expected to strengthen the policy framework to ensure the integrity of the EU financial system, as the central component of the EU's anti-money laundering ...
The OECD in Paris hosts the Financial Action Task Force, a global AML standard-setter.. Anti–money laundering (AML) refers to a set of policies and practices to ensure that financial institutions and other regulated entities prevent, detect, and report financial crime and especially money laundering activities.
It for the first time in the United States criminalized money laundering. Section 1956 prohibits individuals from engaging in a financial transaction with proceeds that were generated from certain specific crimes, known as "specified unlawful activities" (SUAs). Additionally, the law requires that an individual specifically intends in making ...
The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act is an Indian law aimed at the prevention of unlawful activities associations in India. Its main objective was to make powers available for dealing with activities directed against the integrity and sovereignty of India. [ 1 ]
The Anti-Money Laundering Act is designed to prevent members of mafia or terrorist organizations from gaining access to financial institutions. Under this law, financial institutions (banks, asset managers, investment companies, etc.) must, for example, withhold the names of beneficial owners from all transfers of value, pending investigation.
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