Botswana hosts ESAAMLG

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Botswana will be hosting the annual Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG) Council of Ministers' meeting on August 24, 2007. This will be preceded by a meeting of the Task Force of Senior Officials from the 20th August 23.

The ESSAMLG is a regional anti-money laundering body consisting of 14 eastern and southern African countries - Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The group's main function is to address anti-money laundering and combating financing of terrorism in the region.

Money laundering was recognised as a worldwide problem in 1989, after which the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) was established.

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Botswana hosts ESAAMLG

Botswana will be hosting the annual Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG) Council of Ministers' meeting on August 24, 2007. This will be preceded by a meeting of the Task Force of Senior Officials from the 20th August 23.

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