Portugal Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes: FATF Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism

This report describes Portugal's observance of Standards and Codes on the Financial Action Task Force Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and combating the financing of terrorism. The Portuguese legal framework for combating money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing is generally compr...

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Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 2009
Series:IMF Staff Country Reports
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Collection: International Monetary Fund - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This report describes Portugal's observance of Standards and Codes on the Financial Action Task Force Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and combating the financing of terrorism. The Portuguese legal framework for combating money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing is generally comprehensive. The ML offence is broad in scope and in accordance with the UN Vienna and Palermo Conventions. Statistics on prosecutions for money laundering and terrorist financing, as well as related confiscation data, are maintained by Portuguese authorities
Physical Description:22 pages
ISBN:9781451832310