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Panama finance ministry holds workshop on virtual-asset regulation

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Source: Junta de Control de Juegos (Panama)

Panama’s National Commission against Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing and Proliferation Financing held a workshop on virtual-asset policy and regulation, supported by US embassy teams. Technical secretary Isabel Vecchio Arófulo said the country should prepare controls and rules ahead of the Financial Action Task Force’s fifth evaluation round; the article also said Panama left the FATF grey list in October 2023.

The workshop concerns controls and rules that could shape oversight of virtual assets in Panama.

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