Feb.07, 2010, 04:14
The National Anti-Money Laundering Committee (NAMLC) held today its 1st meeting for year 2010 at Central Bank of the UAE Head Office in Abu Dhabi, under the Chairmanship of H.E Sultan bin Nasser Al Suwaidi, the Governor of Central Bank of the UAE and Chairman of NAMLC.
The meeting was attended by representatives from the Central Bank, Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters, Dubai Police General Headquarters, State Security Authority, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Finance, Federal Customs Authority, Securities '&' Commodities Authority, Federation of UAE Chambers of Commerce '&' Industry, Economic Development Department in Abu Dhabi, Economic Development Department in Dubai, Insurance Authority, National Bank of Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Emirates NBD, Masherq Bank, Al Ansari Exchange, UAE Exchange Center, and Al Rostamani International Exchange.
The NAMLC discussed the items on its Agenda, as follows: 1) The Committee reviewed and approved minutes of its meeting No. 4/2009, on 9/12/2009 and the decisions taken thereof.
2) A Summary report regarding correspondence with Committee members and representative parties and other relevant authorities in UAE to take necessary measures with regard to Mutual Evaluation Report, regarding level of Anti-Money Laundering - Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) legislations and regulations applied in the UAE, through programme of assessment of stability of financial sector and future plan to be applied. Central Bank shall be advised accordingly in this regard.
1) Follow-up report' to be submitted by UAE during February 2010 to Secretariat of Middle East '&' North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF) regarding UAE Mutual Evaluation Report.
2) A summary of the general joint meeting of FATF and MENAFATF ( and their working teams) to be held from 14/02/2010 to 19/2/2010 at UAE Central Bank, Abu Dhabi.
Furthermore, NAMLC then addressed the remaining items on its agenda and took decisions in respect thereof.