Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF)

The objectives of MENAFATF are to:

  • To adopt and implement the FATF 40 Recommendations on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism and proliferation;
  • To implement the relevant UN treaties and agreements and United Nations Security Council Resolutions;
  • To co-operate among each other to raise compliance with these standards within the MENA Region and to cooperate with other international and regional organizations, institutions and agencies to improve compliance worldwide;
  • To work jointly to identify issues of regional nature related to money laundering and terrorist financing, and to share relevant experiences and to develop solutions for dealing with them; and
  • To take measures throughout the region to effectively combat money laundering and terrorist financing in a way that does not contradict with the cultural values, constitutional frameworks and legal systems in the member countries.

For more information about MENAFATF's members subject to its assessment process (in line with the FATF Universal Procedures) as well as observers and other bodies involved in their work, please consult their website at: 

http://www.menafatf.org/about/Members-Observers/members

 

MENAFATF Members CFATF GAFILAT GIABA GABAC FATF MONEYVAL ESAAMLG EAG APG

Upcoming assessments

Bahrain

Country
Bahrain
Last evaluation
Sep 2018
Possible onsite period
Dec 2026
Possible Plenary discussion
Jun 2027

Libya

Country
Libya
Last evaluation
Possible onsite period
Possible Plenary discussion

Mauritania

Country
Mauritania
Last evaluation
Nov 2018
Possible onsite period
Possible Plenary discussion
May 2027

Morocco

Country
Morocco
Last evaluation
Aug 2019
Possible onsite period
Possible Plenary discussion
May 2028

Palestinian Authority

Country
Palestinian Authority
Last evaluation
Possible onsite period
Possible Plenary discussion

Qatar

Country
Qatar
Last evaluation
May 2023
Possible onsite period
Aug 2029
Possible Plenary discussion
Feb 2030

Saudi-Arabia

Country
Saudi Arabia
Last evaluation
Sep 2018
Possible onsite period
Dec 2026
Possible Plenary discussion
Jun 2027

Somalia

Country
Somalia
Last evaluation
Possible onsite period
Aug 2024
Possible Plenary discussion
May 2025

Syria

Country
Syria
Last evaluation
Nov 2006
Possible onsite period
Possible Plenary discussion

Tunisia

Country
Tunisia
Last evaluation
Jun 2016
Possible onsite period
Possible Plenary discussion
Nov 2026

United Arab Emirates

Country
United Arab Emirates
Last evaluation
Apr 2020
Possible onsite period
Jun 2026
Possible Plenary discussion
Feb 2027

Yemen

Country
Yemen
Last evaluation
Apr 2009
Possible onsite period
Possible Plenary discussion

Observers

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