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Georgia Scores Major Win in Fight Against Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing, Says MONEYVAL Report

Strasbourg - Georgia has made significant improvements to its financial monitoring service, allowing it to disseminate information to law enforcement authorities without court orders. This upgrade from “partially compliant” to “largely compliant” with FATF Recommendation 29 marks a major milestone in the country’s fight against money laundering and terrorist financing.

Major Improvements

According to a follow-up report released by MONEYVAL, Georgia has:

Enhanced the powers of its Financial Monitoring Service (Financial Intelligence Unit) to share information and analysis with all law enforcement authorities
Introduced central electronic reporting for online casinos
Required clean criminal records for casino beneficial owners
Made AML/CFT sanctions applicable to casinos

Progress Report

The report highlights Georgia’s progress in implementing a range of legislative and regulatory measures to strengthen its anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) framework. While some minor deficiencies remain regarding:

The scope of money laundering definitions
Operational analysis requirements

These are expected to be addressed in the coming year.

Challenges Ahead

Georgia still faces moderate deficiencies in implementing Recommendations 22, 28, and 35 related to:

Designated non-financial businesses and professions
Sanctioning regimes
The investment fund sector

The country has made good progress in implementing six of the 40 FATF recommendations, but remains “largely compliant” with 22 others and partially compliant with 11.

Future Plans

Georgia is expected to report back to MONEYVAL on its further progress in strengthening its AML/CFT measures within the next year.