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FATF removes Panama from its grey list

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Source: Junta de Control de Juegos (Panama)

The Financial Action Task Force removed Panama from its grey list at a plenary meeting in Paris, according to Panama’s economy ministry. The ministry said the process began in June 2019 and that the country had addressed the identified actions, including measures on anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing supervision.

Panama’s removal from the grey list changes its AML/CFT status for gambling businesses subject to financial-crime controls there.

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