Moldova's progress in strengthening measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing

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Overall, in light of the progress made by the Republic of Moldova since its Mutual Evaluation and 1st Follow-Up report were adopted, its technical compliance with the FATF Recommendations has been re-rated as follows:

Recommendation 6 is re-rated from Partially Compliant to Largely Compliant
Recommendation 7 is re-rated from Partially Compliant to Largely Compliant
Recommendation 15 is re-rated from Non Compliant to Partially Compliant

Currently, 34 recommendations are rated as LC/C and 6 recommendations (R.8, R.15, R.22, R.24, R.25 and R.38) remain rated as PC.

The Republic of Moldova will remain in enhanced follow-up and will continue to report back to MONEYVAL on progress to strengthen its implementation of AML/CFT measures. Republic of Moldova is expected to report back in one year’s time.

Moldova 2nd Follow-Up Report - Moneyval 2024

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Earlier reports

3 Oct 2022

Moldova's progress in strengthening measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing This follow-up report analyses the progress Moldova made in addressing the technical compliance deficiencies identified in its mutual evaluation report.
19 Sep 2019

Moldova's measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing This report provides a summary of AML/CFT measures in place in Moldova as at the date of the on-site visit (1 to 12 October 2018). It analyses the level of compliance with the FATF 40 Recommendations and the level of effectiveness of Moldova's AML/CFT system, and provides recommendations on how the system could be strengthened.

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