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Mauritania’s Technical Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Recommendations

The Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF) has released a document regarding the Islamic Republic of Mauritania’s technical compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF) recommendations. The document outlines Mauritania’s request to re-rate its technical compliance, known as a Technical Compliance Re-rating (TCR).

Recommendations for Re-Rating

The key points from the document highlight the following recommendations for re-rating:

Upgrades

  • Recommendation 2: Upgrade the rating from “Partially Compliant” (PC) to “Compliant” (C).
  • Recommendation 11: Upgrade the rating from PC to C.
  • Recommendation 26: Upgrade the rating from PC to C.

Maintenance of Current Rating

  • Recommendation 15: Maintain at Partially Compliant (PC).

Summary of Compliance Ratings

After re-rating, Mauritania obtained the following compliance ratings:

Compliance Levels

  • Compliant in 14 recommendations
  • Largely Compliant (LC) in 21 recommendations
  • Partially Compliant (PC) in 5 recommendations

As a result of the re-rating request within the 3rd Enhanced Follow-up Report (EFUR), Mauritania shall remain in the Enhanced Follow-up process.