Mandate Under the AML/CFT Act

The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 and its amendments provides for the establishment and management of a Financial Intelligence Unit, to provide for unlawful proceeds of all serious offences to be identified, traced, frozen, seized and forfeited; to provide for comprehensive powers for the prosecution of money laundering, terrorist financing and other financial crimes; and the forfeiture of the proceeds of crime and terrorist property; to require reporting entities to take preventive measures to help combat money laundering and terrorist financing; to provide for civil forfeiture of assets and for matters connected therewith.

Reporting Entity

What is a Reporting Entity?

Legal Obligations of a Reporting Entity

What are the Legal Obligations of a Reporting Entity?

Supervisory Authority

What is a Supervisory Authority?

Functions of a Supervisory Authority

What we do as a Supervisory Authority?

AML/CFT Supervised Companies

Who do we Supervise?

Penalties for non-compliance

What are the penalties a supervisory authority can impose for non-compliance with this Act?

Examination process

What is the examination process?

What information is used in the examination process?

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Source: Financial Intelligence Unit