REAC Joins Fight Against Terrorism Financing, Money Laundering

Monday, April 01, 2019

Real Estate Advisory Council says it is spearheading the risk assessment of money laundering and terrorism financing in their sector.

Speaking recently, Real Estate Advisory Council (REAC) chairperson, Montshwari Mooketsi said in 2017 Botswana was found to have weak legal frameworks to curb these crimes.

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendation 1, requires countries to identify, assess and understand the ML/TF risk and apply a risk based approach (RBA) to ensure that measures to prevent/ mitigate ML/TF Risks are commensurate with the risks identified.

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