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Senegal Makes Progress in Banking Regulations Compliance

In its latest follow-up report, Senegal has shown significant progress in implementing the technical requirements of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations. The country’s overall rating is largely compliant (LC), with several areas receiving a partially compliant (PC) or compliant (C) rating.

Key Areas of Progress

  • Assessing risk and applying a risk-based approach (R.1)
  • National cooperation and coordination (R.2)
  • Money laundering offence (R.3)
  • Confiscation and provisional measures (R.4)
  • Terrorist financing offence (R.5)

Challenges Remain

  • Financial institution secrecy laws (R.9) were deemed compliant
  • Regulations on non-profit organisations (R.8) received a non-compliant rating
  • Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal persons and arrangements (R.24 and R.25) received a non-compliant rating

Additional Areas of Improvement

  • Customer due diligence (R.10)
  • Record keeping (R.11)
  • Politically exposed persons (R.12)
  • Correspondent banking (R.13)
  • Money or value transfer services (R.14)
  • New technologies (R.15)
  • Wire transfers (R.16)
  • Reliance on third parties (R.17)
  • Internal controls and foreign branches and subsidiaries (R.18)
  • Higher-risk countries (R.19)
  • Reporting of suspicious transactions (R.20)
  • Tipping-off and confidentiality (R.21)
  • DNFBPs: customer due diligence (R.22)
  • DNFBPs: other measures (R.23)
  • Regulation and supervision of financial institutions (R.26)
  • Powers of supervisors (R.27)
  • Financial intelligence units (R.29)
  • Responsibilities of law enforcement and investigative authorities (R.30)
  • Powers of law enforcement and investigative authorities (R.31)
  • Cash couriers (R.32)
  • Statistics (R.33)
  • Guidance and feedback (R.34)
  • Sanctions (R.35)
  • International instruments (R.36)
  • Mutual legal assistance (R.37)
  • Freezing and confiscation (R.38)
  • Extradition (R.39)
  • Other forms of international cooperation (R.40)

Conclusion

Senegal’s progress in banking regulations compliance is a positive step towards strengthening its anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) framework. However, continued efforts are needed to address outstanding issues and ensure full implementation of the FATF recommendations.