Africa-Press – Angola. An Angolan delegation, led by the director general of the Financial Information Unit (UIF), Gilberto Capeça, has been taking part, since last Sunday, in the 44th meeting of senior experts and the 5th public/private dialogue, in Livingstone, in the Republic of Zambia.
The meeting, which is being promoted by the Anti-Money Laundering Group for Southern Africa (ESAAMLG), of which Angola is an effective member, has, among several objectives, to prepare Angola for the discussion of its report, to take place in March next year.
At the 22nd meeting of the Council of Ministers of the aforementioned group, representatives of the 19 Member States, namely Angola, South Africa, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Seychelles, Malawi, Mozambique, Madagascar, Namibia, Kingdom of Eswatini, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The ESAAMLG senior expert group will discuss the Draft Reports from Namibia, Kenya and Tanzania, resulting from the assessments of the Financial Task Force International (FATF).
The work will be preceded by meetings of the FATF standards review and monitoring groups in the ESAAMLG member countries, meetings of the Steering Committee, the Assessment and Compliance Group (ECG), the Risk, Trends and Methods Group (RTMG) , between others.
The AML/CFT Mutual Assessment Reports (MERs) from Kenya and Namibia, the progress report of the high-level mission to Lesotho, as well as the discussion and approval of the report will also be discussed and adopted at the expert group meeting. Follow-up with reclassifications from Botswana, Mauritius, Tanzania and Uganda.
The Angolan delegation, headed by the director-general of the Financial Information Unit (UIF), also includes ministerial representatives and representatives of various national institutions.
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