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Presidency & Secretariat
The Presidency is a one-year position held by a senior official from an FATF jurisdiction. In July 2011, Mr. Giancarlo Del Bufalo became President of the FATF, Mr. Bjørn Skogstad Aamo assumed the position of Vice-President of FATF.
The FATF Secretariat supports the Task Force and President. The Secretariat is housed at the OECD headquarters in Paris.
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17-Feb-2012
The FATF Plenary approved the new FATF Recommendations, issued statements concerning Argentina, Honduras and Paraguay, approved the follow-up report to the mutual evaluation of China and welcomed the Groupe d'Action Contre le Blanchiment d'Argent en Afrique Centrale (GABAC) as an observer.
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19-Dec-2011
During his speech at the 37th MONEYVAL Plenary Meeting in Strasbourg, FATF President Giancarlo del Bufalo, highlighted the important role that MONEYVAL plays in the global AML/CFT network as one of the senior, and consistently well-performing, FATF associated members.
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29-Nov-2011
In his address to the CFATF Ministerial Meeting on 25 November 2011, FATF President Giancarlo del Bufalo, congratulated CFATF on the significant progress made in improving its performance, but stressed that this reform process needs to continue as much work remains to be done.
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28-Oct-2011
The Chairman's summary provides an overview of the major outcomes of the FATF Plenary meeting, during which the FATF approved the follow-up report to the mutual evaluation of Greece and statements concerning Argentina and Bangladesh as well as an update on AML/CFT improvements in the Ukraine.
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19-Sep-2011
The FATF President took part in the meeting of the Finance Ministers of the Franc Zone, held in Paris on 19 September, during which he gave a preliminary account of the progress made by GIABA and encouraged GABAC to become part of the FATF global network against money laundering and terrorist financing (speech available in French only).
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08-Sep-2011
In his address to the ESAAMLG Council of Ministers Meeting, FATF President Mr. Del Bufalo acknowledged the progress made by ESAAMLG in advancing AML/CFT initiatives in the South and Eastern Africa Region but also highlighted some of the challenges that remained to improve implementation of the standards in the region.
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20-Jul-2011
On the occasion of the APG’s 14th Annual Meeting, hosted by India as co-Chair of the APG, the new FATF President, Mr. Giancarlo Del Bufalo, stressed the importance of compliance with international AML/CFT standards and outlined current work on the revision of the FATF Standards. He also highlighted FATF’s reliance on strong Associate Members, such as the APG, in order to ensure effective implementation of the these standards at a global level.
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27-Jun-2011
The Chairman's summary provides an overview of the major FATF decisions of the Joint Plenary meeting of the FATF and GAFISUD, during which the FATF issued a statement on the progress made by Argentina, and the mutual evaluation reports for the State of Kuwait and the Sultanate of Oman were adopted.
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28-Feb-2011
The Chairman's summary provides an overview of the major outcomes of the meeting of the FATF Plenary, during which the mutual evaluations of France and the Netherlands were approved.
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16-Dec-2010
On the occasion of GIABA’s 10th anniversary, the FATF President, Mr. Luis Urrutia Corral, welcomed the progress made by GIABA since its inception and invited its members to reinforce their participation in the FATF activities. The FATF President also addressed two issues of a particular importance for the region: the fight against corruption and financial inclusion.
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09-Dec-2010
FATF President Luis Urrutia Corral stressed the need to reinforce the global AML/CFT network during his speech before the 34th Plenary Meeting of the Council of Europe Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) in Strasbourg, France.
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05-Nov-2010
The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF), as an Associate Member of the FATF, should become more actively engaged in the work of the FATF, according to Mr Luis Urrutia Corral, President of FATF-XXII during his speech at the CFATF Council of Ministers Meeting in George Town, Grand Cayman.
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22-Oct-2010
The Chairman's summary provides an overview of the major outcomes of the meeting of the FATF Plenary, during which the mutual evaluation of Argentina was approved.
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28-Jun-2010
The Chairman's summary provides an overview of the major outcomes of the Plenary, during which India became a full member of the FATF and the mutual evaluations of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, India and Brazil were approved.
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