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Topic: FATF

FATF cites ED’s restitution to Rose Valley, IREO depositors in paper on global best practices

ED welcomed FATF mentions, saying ‘inclusion of Indian examples, references to ED’s practices underlines credibility of India’s enforcement mechanisms’.

FATF flags al-Qaeda & ISIL’s ‘decentralisation’, says such groups rely on merch sales, informal funding

Terror financing watchdog FATF in its latest report says that these groups have begun operating via ‘regional hubs’, employ offline & online methods to disseminate messages, collect funds.

Terror groups using online gaming to recruit, move funds. FATF report flags looming threat

FAFT report cites analysis of in-game purchases to highlight link between terror financing & money laundering techniques used either to move or layer funds using gaming platforms.

FATF: Dual-use goods India seized from Chinese vessel were meant for Pakistan’s ballistic missiles

New Delhi: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Friday flagged the case of mis-declared goods emanating from China for Pakistan linked to Islamabad’s ballistic...

Couldn’t have occurred without money & means to move funds—FATF on Pahalgam terror attack

FATF statement comes amidst India’s renewed diplomatic push to have Pakistan re-included in grey list in light of its role in Pahalgam terrorist attack that claimed 26 lives.

Jaish chief Masood Azhar surfaces to make first speech in two decades, vows war on India

Though JeM did not release date of speech & location where it was delivered, an Indian intelligence official said it was likely held late last month at Bahawalpur in Pakistan.

How ED uses publicly available info to identify money laundering, tactic behind 50% PMLA cases in 5 yrs

Apart from social media posts, news reports & other open sources have also contributed massively to ED’s attempt to curb rerouting of illicit money over the last five years.

India ‘largely compliant’, says terror funding watchdog FATF, highlights low prosecution as shortcoming

Report by Financial Action Task Force highlights long-pending trials & shows India hasn't adapted to updated practices to prevent misuse of non-profit organisations in terrorist financing.

India’s KYC process is a privacy nightmare. FATF has given legal sanctity to mass surveillance

The extent of data collected at onboarding and once again at the time of updates to KYC goes beyond just verification and could potentially be used for “profiling” the customer.

Consensus on PM Modi’s push for action against economic fugitives likely at G20 summit

In 2018, Modi had moved a 9-point agenda for strong and active cooperation across G20 countries to deal comprehensively and efficiently with the menace of fugitive economic offenders.  

On Camera

India wants to fit into value chains, not own them. MAGA shouldn’t think it’s China

Speaking in New Delhi last week, Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau warned that “we will not make the same mistakes with India that we did with China 20 years ago.”

A war in the Gulf, a crisis in Gujarat’s Morbi: India’s ceramics capital counts the cost

Morbi makes 80-90% of India’s ceramic exports. The West Asia conflict has cut its propane supply, shutting 200 factories and threatening 400 more—along with 9 lakh livelihoods.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.