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TCIG compliant with Caribbean FATF says AG Braithwaite-Knowles

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4 months ago

January 10, 2024

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Dana Malcolm

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#TurksandCaicos, January 9, 2023 – After a year of hard work, the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force has graded the Turks and Caicos as compliant with a grade of 37 out of 40 on their scale according to the Attorney General.

Speaking During the January 4 Legal Year Opening Ceremony Rhondalee Braithwaite-Knowles said.

“Our jurisdiction continues to make progress on the three remaining FATF Recommendations through the completion of a revised National Risk Assessment to better identify, assess and understand our money laundering and terrorist financing risks so that we can apply

AML/CFT measures that correspond to the level of risks.”

The country is also working on getting a compliant grade for financial reporting under the EU.

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