Georgia's Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Progress
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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has published a report detailing Georgia's progress in implementing anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) measures. This evaluation assesses Georgia's adherence to international standards and identifies areas for further improvement.
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This document is a FATF mutual evaluation report for Georgia, assessing its progress on anti-money laundering and terrorist financing measures. It details the country's adherence to FATF recommendations and identifies specific areas where compliance needs to be strengthened. The report serves as an assessment of Georgia's current AML/CTF regime.
While this document is an assessment and not a direct regulatory mandate for external entities, it highlights the importance of robust AML/CTF frameworks. Compliance officers should note that countries evaluated by FATF are expected to implement its recommendations. This report indicates that Georgia has made progress but still requires further action, which may indirectly influence international financial transactions and reporting requirements involving Georgian entities.
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Georgia's progress in strengthening measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing
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Georgia has not made sufficient progress to address all the technical compliance deficiencies identified in the MER and subsequent FURs.
As a result, Georgia has not been re-rated on Recommendations 6 and 7.
Georgia will remain under the enhanced Follow-up process and is expected to report back at MONEYVAL’s next plenary.
Georgia's 4th Follow-Up Report - Moneyval 2025
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Earlier reports
- 23 Dec 2024
Georgia's progress in strengthening measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing Georgia has made progress in its technical compliance with the FATF Recommendations since its MER and applicable subsequent FURs were adopted. The country has been re-rated on two Recommendations.
- 7 May 2024
Georgia's progress in strengthening measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing This follow-up report sets out the improvements Georgia has made in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing.
- 16 Jan 2023
Georgia's progress in strengthening measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing This follow-up report analyses Georgia's progress in addressing certain technical compliance deficiencies which were identified in its MER
- 1 Dec 2022
Georgia's progress in strengthening measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing This follow-up report sets out the progress that Georgia has made in improving its level of compliance with the FATF standards, since their 2020 mutual evaluation.
- 4 Nov 2020
Georgia's measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing This report summarises the AML/CFT measures in place in Georgia as at the date of the onsite visit to the country from 4-15 November 2019. It analyses the level of compliance with the FATF 40 Recommendations and the level of effectiveness of the AML/CFT system, and recommends how the system could be strengthened.
- 1 Jan 2013
Mutual Evaluation of Georgia - 2012 MONEYVAL has published its assessment of Georgia's compliance with the FATF Recommendations, following the mutual evaluation published in 2007.
- 12 Jul 2007
Mutual Evaluation of Georgia Georgia is a member of MONEYVAL, the assessment of the implementation of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT measures in Georgia was conducted by MONEYVAL.
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