Anti-Money laundering and Terrorist Financing Council holds its regular monthly session of 2023
March 29, 2023
The Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Council held its regular monthly session today, Wednesday, 29 March 2023, headed by the Chairman of the Council ( Central Bank of Iraq Governor ) and all members of the Council from ministries, agencies not associated with a ministry, and law enforcement agencies. The Council hosted the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Supreme Judicial Council in Al-Karkh to discuss the controls for declaring money when entering and exiting it through the Iraqi border crossings, with the aim of making the necessary amendments to these controls. The Council also discussed the developments taking place in the Real Estate Registration Department at the Ministry of Justice by adopting due diligence controls to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, including conducting transactions through the banking system, and other procedures. The Council briefed the steps to prepare for the mutual evaluation of the Republic of Iraq, to be conducted next August, and took a number of decisions in this regard, in order for Iraq to maintain its advanced position in the control measures that resulted in its exit from the gray zone in the international classification in 2018.CBIMedia office29/3/2023
