Portugal : Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes; FATF Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism.

This report describes Portugal's observance of Standards and Codes on the Financial Action Task Force Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and combating the financing of terrorism. The Portuguese legal framework for combating money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing is generally compr...

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Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Series:IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2009/044
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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Summary:This report describes Portugal's observance of Standards and Codes on the Financial Action Task Force Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and combating the financing of terrorism. The Portuguese legal framework for combating money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing is generally comprehensive. The ML offence is broad in scope and in accordance with the UN Vienna and Palermo Conventions. Statistics on prosecutions for money laundering and terrorist financing, as well as related confiscation data, are maintained by Portuguese authorities.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (22 pages)
Format:Mode of access: Internet
ISSN:1934-7685
Access:Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students