On the participation of the EAG in the work of the 40th Plenary Meeting of the MENAFATF

On May 8, 2025, the 40th plenary week of the Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF) concluded in Amman (Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan).

The plenary session was chaired by Ms. Samya Abou Sharif, President of the MENAFATF, member of the National Committee for Combating Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing, and Chief of the Anti-Money laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing Unit of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The plenary meeting was attended by the heads of delegations of the MENAFATF member countries, experts on combating ML/TF/CFT, as well as observers and representatives of interested international organizations.

The follow-up reports of the MENAFATF member countries were discussed and approved. Mechanisms for the qualification and provision of assessors for the third round of the MENAFATF mutual evaluations were considered. The results of typological studies were reviewed.
The methodology for conducting a regional assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing risks in the region was approved, which was developed with the use of the methodology for assessing regional risks in the EAG.

The EAG Secretariat, together with the delegation of the Russian Federation, informed
the participants about the upcoming forum of supervisory authorities and the private sector, which will be held within the framework of the 42nd EAG Plenary Week on May 28, 2025, in Moscow. The Secretariat also expressed its readiness to provide methodological assistance to the MENAFATF partners in conducting regional risk assessment.

The 41st Plenary Meeting of the MENAFATF will be held in Manama (Kingdom of Bahrain) in November 2025.

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