The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) an international body that identifies deficiencies in Jurisdictions and sets international standards to combat money laundering, counter terrorist financing and Proliferation Financing (AML/CFT/CPF) has issued a public statement updating its lists of jurisdictions with strategic AML/CFT/CPF deficiencies following its plenary meeting in October 2021.
Financial data, collected from financial institutions by the Financial Intelligence Authority under the Anti-Money Laundering Law (AMLA), has proven to be of considerable value in money laundering, terrorist financing and other financial crimes investigations by law enforcement.
FIA has been nominated in the NITA-U E-Government Excellence Awards 2021 under the following categories:
- Accountability & Governance
- Agency of the year
The Director ICT Systems and Security at the Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA), Mr. Cyrus Barigye, was hosted as a guest speaker / expert on financial risks associated with cybersecurity at the National Information and Technology Authority (NITAU) on Thursday 4th November 2021 under the theme Be Safe Online.
Areas of discussion included technical, organizational and governance standards relating to identity and information technology security for systems, particularly Anti Money Laundering (AML) tools.
The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Hon. Matia Kasaija, on behalf of the Government of Uganda, handed over the Presidency of the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG) at the 21st Council of Ministers' meeting virtually held on the 21st September, 2021.