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

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Overall, Jamaica has made significant progress in addressing the technical compliance deficiencies identified in its Mutual Evaluation.

The country has been re-rated on four Recommendations.

Recommendations 22, 23 and 28 have been re-rated from partially compliant to largely compliant
Recommendation 24 has been re-rated from partially compliant to compliant

Jamaica has 37 Recommendations rated C/LC. The country remains in enhanced follow-up.

CFATF Jamaica Follow-Up Report - 2024

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Earlier reports

20 Jan 2021

Jamaica's progress in strengthening measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing This follow-up report analyses Jamaica’s progress in addressing certain technical compliance deficiencies which were identified in Jamaica’s MER.
9 Jan 2017

Jamaica's measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing In this report: a summary of the anti-money laundering (AML) / counter-terrorist financing (CTF) measures in place in Jamaica as at the date of the on-site visit 1-12 June 2015. The report analyses the level of compliance with the FATF 40 Recommendations and the level of effectiveness of Jamaica’s AML/CTF system, and provides recommendations on how the system could be strengthened.

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