+ Follow EGMONT GROUP Tag
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[Title] => Phl beefing up campaign vs money launderers
[Summary] => The Philippines is beefing up its campaign against money launderers as it intends to partner with more financial intelligence units in different parts of the globe to strengthen the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC).
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[Title] => Back to FATF blacklist for RP?
[Summary] => The government fears that the Philippines could be returned to the blacklist of the Financial Action Task Force on Anti-Money Laundering (FATF) after the Supreme Court ruled that the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) could not look into a bank account without notice to the owner.
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[Title] => Anti-money laundering campaign strengthens
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates that between $800 billion and $2 trillion is being laundered globally each year. Such increase in criminal financial activity spurred governments worldwide to adopt new regulations to prevent criminal financial activity from taking place within financial institutions.
On the local front, the Anti-Money Laundering Act was signed into law to change the Philippines‚ reputation as a country with nearly no anti-money laundering regulations.
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[Title] => RP’s Anti-Money Laundering Council now a member of Egmont Group
[Summary] => The Philippines’ Anti Money Laundering Council (AMLC) has finally been accepted as a member of the Egmont Group, the network of financial intelligence units (FIUs) running after funds from illegal activities including terrorism.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said yesterday that the Egmont Group accepted AMLC’s membership along with seven other FIUs during the group’s 10th anniversary meeting in Washington.
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[Title] => RP certain to join world group of financial intelligence bodies
[Summary] => The Egmont Group is scheduled to take up the Philippine application for membership when it holds its plenary session in June, and officials expressed cautious optimism that the country will be accepted.
Following the country’s removal from the list of non-cooperative countries and territories (NCCTs) of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the Philippines is expected to be allowed next to join the Egmont Group.
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[Title] => Austrac to sponsor RP as member of Egmont Group
[Summary] => The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (Austrac) will sponsor the country’s bid to become a member of the Egmont Group, the international group of financial intelligence agencies.
If successful, the bid for Egmont membership will help the Philippine lobby for its removal from the blacklist of the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force on Anti-Money Laundering.
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[Title] => Financial intelligence units arrive in RP
[Summary] => Representatives of United States and Canadian financial intelligence units are in the Philippines to evaluate the government’s anti-money laundering program as part of the country’s application for membership in the Egmont Group, a loose organization of FIUs from various countries.
The Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) has been meeting with the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (Fincen) and the Financial Transaction Reports Analysis Center of Canada (Fintrac) to discuss the government’s progress in implementing the anti-money laundering program.
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[Title] => AMLC frozen funds down to P400-M
[Summary] => Funds frozen by the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) have declined – from P1.083 billion to about P400 million in 2003 – as the government allowed the disbursement of the funds to their various claimants.
This developed as the AMLC revealed that it has formally applied for membership to the so-called Egmont Group as it prepares to enter into bilateral cooperation with its counterparts in South Korea and Australia.
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[Title] => Asean mulls intelligence group vs ‘dirty’ money
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The proposal was first floated during the recent workshop on anti money laundering held in Malaysia shortly after the meeting of the Egmont Group held in Sydney, Australia.
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EGMONT GROUP
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates that between $800 billion and $2 trillion is being laundered globally each year. Such increase in criminal financial activity spurred governments worldwide to adopt new regulations to prevent criminal financial activity from taking place within financial institutions.
On the local front, the Anti-Money Laundering Act was signed into law to change the Philippines‚ reputation as a country with nearly no anti-money laundering regulations.
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[Summary] => The Philippines’ Anti Money Laundering Council (AMLC) has finally been accepted as a member of the Egmont Group, the network of financial intelligence units (FIUs) running after funds from illegal activities including terrorism.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said yesterday that the Egmont Group accepted AMLC’s membership along with seven other FIUs during the group’s 10th anniversary meeting in Washington.
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Following the country’s removal from the list of non-cooperative countries and territories (NCCTs) of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the Philippines is expected to be allowed next to join the Egmont Group.
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[Summary] => The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (Austrac) will sponsor the country’s bid to become a member of the Egmont Group, the international group of financial intelligence agencies.
If successful, the bid for Egmont membership will help the Philippine lobby for its removal from the blacklist of the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force on Anti-Money Laundering.
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The Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) has been meeting with the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (Fincen) and the Financial Transaction Reports Analysis Center of Canada (Fintrac) to discuss the government’s progress in implementing the anti-money laundering program.
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[Summary] => Funds frozen by the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) have declined – from P1.083 billion to about P400 million in 2003 – as the government allowed the disbursement of the funds to their various claimants.
This developed as the AMLC revealed that it has formally applied for membership to the so-called Egmont Group as it prepares to enter into bilateral cooperation with its counterparts in South Korea and Australia.
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The proposal was first floated during the recent workshop on anti money laundering held in Malaysia shortly after the meeting of the Egmont Group held in Sydney, Australia.
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October 25, 2005 - 12:00am
