Democratic Republic of Congo

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25 Oct 2024

Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring - 25 October 2024 Jurisdictions under increased monitoring are actively working with the FATF to address strategic deficiencies in their regimes to counter money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing. Additional countries, Algeria, Angola, Côte d’Ivoire and Lebanon, are now also subject to increased monitoring. Senegal is no longer subject to increased monitoring by the FATF.
23 Feb 2024

Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring - 23 February 2024 Jurisdictions under increased monitoring are actively working with the FATF to address strategic deficiencies in their regimes to counter money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing. Two additional countries, Kenya and Namibia, are now also subject to increased monitoring. Barbados, Gibraltar, Uganda and the United Arab Emirates are no longer subject to increased monitoring by the FATF.
27 Oct 2023

Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring - 27 October 2023 Jurisdictions under increased monitoring are actively working with the FATF to address strategic deficiencies in their regimes to counter money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing. One additional country, Bulgaria, is now also subject to increased monitoring. Albania, Cayman Islands, Jordan and Panama are no longer subject to increased monitoring by the FATF.
1 Sep 2023

Democratic Republic of Congo measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing
23 Jun 2023

Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring - 23 June 2023 Jurisdictions under increased monitoring are actively working with the FATF to address strategic deficiencies in their regimes to counter money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing. New jurisdictions subject to increased monitoring are Cameroon, Croatia and Vietnam.
24 Feb 2023

Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring - 24 February 2023 Jurisdictions under increased monitoring are actively working with the FATF to address strategic deficiencies in their regimes to counter money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing. New countries subject to increased monitoring are South Africa and Nigeria. Morocco and Cambodia are no longer subject to increased monitoring by the FATF.
21 Oct 2022

Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring - 21 October 2022 Jurisdictions under increased monitoring are actively working with the FATF to address strategic deficiencies in their regimes to counter money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing. Nicaragua and Pakistan are no longer subject to increased monitoring by the FATF.
19 May 2021

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)'s measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing This report summarizes the anti-money laundering counter financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) measures in place in the Democratic Republic of Congo as at the date of the on-site visit from 13-24 August 2018. It analyses the level of compliance with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) 40 Recommendations and the level of effectiveness of DRC's AML/CFT system and provides recommendations on how the system could be strengthened.

2nd FUR, adopted April 2023

Available only in French

Filename: GABAC-2eme-RAP-RDC.pdf
Size: 31 MB
Format: application/pdf

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Democratic Republic of Congo

Information concerning the Democratic Republic of Congo's efforts to tackle money laundering, terrorism financing and the financing of weapons mass destruction.

Democratic Republic of Congo

Information concerning the Democratic Republic of Congo's efforts to tackle money laundering, terrorism financing and the financing of weapons mass destruction.

Ratings

Effectiveness

Ratings that reflect the extent to which a country's measures are effective. The assessment is conducted on the basis of 11 immediate outcomes, which represent key goals that an effective AML/CFT system should achieve.

Benin Follow-Up Report 2023

IO1: LE
IO2: LE
IO3: LE
IO4: LE
IO5: LE
IO6: LE
IO7: LE
IO8: LE
IO9: LE
IO10: LE
IO11: LE

Technical Compliance

Definition

Ratings which reflect the extent to which a country has implemented the technical requirements of the FATF Recommendations.

C = compliant | LC = largely compliant | PC = partially compliant | NC = non-compliant

Benin Follow-Up Report 2023

R.1 - Assessing risk & applying risk-based approach: LC
R.2 - National cooperation and coordination: LC
R.3 - Money laundering offence: LC
R.4 - Confiscation and provisional measures: PC
R.5 - Terrorist financing offence: PC
R.6 - Targeted financial sanctions related to terrorism & terrorist financing: LC
R.7 - Targeted financial sanctions related to proliferation: LC
R.8 - Non-profit organisations: NC
R.9 - Financial institution secrecy laws: C
R.10 - Customer due diligence: PC
R.11 - Record keeping: LC
R.12 - Politically exposed persons: PC
R.13 - Correspondent banking: LC
R.14 - Money or value transfer services: PC
R.15 - New technologies: NC
R.16 - Wire transfers: PC
R.17 - Reliance on third parties: LC
R.18 - Internal controls and foreign branches and subsidiaries: LC
R.19 - Higher-risk countries: NC
R.20 - Reporting of suspicious transactions: PC
R.21 - Tipping-off and confidentiality: C
R.22 - DNFBPs: Customer due diligence: PC
R.23 - DNFBPs: Other measures: PC
R.24 - Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal persons: NC
R.25 - Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal arrangements: NC
R.26 - Regulation and supervision of financial institutions: PC
R.27 - Powers of supervisors: C
R.28 - Regulation and supervision of DNFBPs: NC
R.29 - Financial intelligence units: C
R.30 - Responsibilities of law enforcement and investigative authorities: C
R.31 - Powers of law enforcement and investigative authorities: C
R.32 - Cash couriers: PC
R.33 - Statistics: LC
R.34 - Guidance and feedback: PC
R.35- Sanctions: LC
R.36 - International instruments: LC
R.37 - Mutual legal assistance: C
R.38 - Mutual legal assistance: freezing and confiscation: LC
R.39 - Extradition: LC
R.40 - Other forms of international cooperation: LC