Pakistan’s FATF Journey 2018-2022
Heading into the October 2022 FATF Plenary, this brief provides a snapshot of Pakistan’s progress over the past four years
Noor Fatima is a Senior Research Associate at RSIL’s Lahore Office. She completed her BA Honours in Political Science and International Relations with a High Distinction from the University of Toronto in Canada and subsequently completed her Masters in Global Affairs from the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. During her graduate studies she focused on human rights and justice sector reform, particularly in transitional democracies.
Previously, Ms. Fatima has worked as a Compliance Analyst for the G7 Research Group, where she analyzed the performance of the G7 in adhering to its commitment to counter and eliminate corruption and financial crimes after the Ise-Shima Summit (2016). She later joined the Global Justice Lab as a Research Assistant, aiding clients from the Government of Nigeria in developing evaluative indicators and improving bail and remand procedures. Ms. Fatima also worked as a Capstone Consultant for the Ontario government (Canada), working on topics pertaining to the reorganization of police accountability structures and improving police oversight and outreach in the province.
Heading into the October 2022 FATF Plenary, this brief provides a snapshot of Pakistan’s progress over the past four years
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This report aims to provide an objective, independent assessment of Pakistan’s performance based on FATF methodology and the evaluation experience of other states. Additionally, it seeks to provide clarity to both domestic and international policymakers while also addressing misconceptions regarding Pakistan’s efforts to abide by its international obligations.
In 2018, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) placed Pakistan on its list of “Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring” – or the ‘grey-list’ – citing ‘structural deficiencies’ that resulted in failure to effectively target terrorism financing and money laundering (TF/ML). In collaboration with the International Cooperation Review Group (ICRG), FATF issued…
Download PDF In the past few months, Pakistan has engaged in extensive legislation drafting to finally exit the FATF ‘Grey List’ in October. Pakistan is required to submit the progress on laws, as well as other aspects of investigation and prosecution frameworks related to AML/CFT in a report to FATF…
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
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