Guide for the Effective Investigation and Prosecution of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in Pakistan
The second edition of RSIL’s Guide for the Effective Investigation & Prosecution of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing in Pakistan
Commentary on the Anti-Money Laundering Act 2010
An in-depth commentary on Pakistan’s Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) 2010
New Money Laundering Threats in the Wake of COVID-19
Although the Covid-19 pandemic has brought the world to a halt, it has concomitantly boosted the criminal economy by creating unprecedented circumstances, easily exploitable by a few. This piece aims to highlight the financial vulnerabilities that have been created due to the Covid-19 pandemic, while briefly discussing the potential safeguards against the exploitation of such vulnerabilities, as suggested by FATF—the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog.
Mapping Pakistan’s Legal Compliance with FATF’s Recommendations
In 2018, FATF placed Pakistan on its ‘grey-list’ citing ‘structural deficiencies’ that resulted in failure to target terrorism financing and money laundering. These included lack of necessary legal frameworks to target TF/ML