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Kuwait: Detailed Assessment Report on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism

September 1, 2011

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Kuwait: Detailed Assessment Report on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2011) accessed October 5, 2024

Summary

In this study, the general situation of money laundering and financing of terrorism is discussed. In addition, the followings are overviewed: financial sector, DNFBP sector, commercial laws and mechanisms governing legal persons, and strategy to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing. A legal framework and criminalization of financing of terrorism are also given. Confiscation, freezing, and seizing are explained under the legal framework. Various preventive measures used are also discussed in this paper. Financial institution secrecy and confidentiality are also outlined.

Subject: Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), Banking, Brokers and dealers, Crime, Financial institutions, Financial markets, Insurance companies, Legal support in revenue administration, Money laundering, Revenue administration

Keywords: AML law, Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), Brokerage company, Brokers and dealers, CR, East Africa, Exchange company, Exchange organization, Financial market, Insurance companies, ISCR, Legal support in revenue administration, Middle East, Money laundering, North Africa

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    249

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2011/268

  • Stock No:

    1KWTEA2011005

  • ISBN:

    9781463902322

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685