Middle East & North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF) – a FATF-style regional body, founded on Nov. 30, 2004.
The purpose of MENAFATF is to build an effective system to combat money laundering and terrorism financing in the region.
The efforts of the group are focused on the study of typologies and cooperation with international organizations concerned with combating money laundering.
Its headquarters are located in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
MENAFATF is an associate member of the FATF.
Member states
- Algeria
- Bahrain
- Egypt
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Mauritania
- Morocco
- Oman
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Sudan
- Syria
- Tunisia
- United Arab Emirates
- Yemen
Observer states
- France
- Palestine
- Spain
- United Kingdom
- United States
Observer organizations
- FATF
- Asia-Pacific Group on Money Laundering
- Arab Monetary Fund
- Cooperation Council of Arab Gulf States
- Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units
- International Monetary Fund
- UN Office on Drugs and Crime
- World Bank
- World Customs Organization
Official site: http://www.menafatf.org
EAG Bulletin
EAG in the news
The Senate of the Parliament of Kazakhstan on Wednesday approved ratification the agreement on the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing."
The agreement has been adopted by Parliament and sent to the President in the form of the law.
The Senate of Oliy Majlis (the upper house of the Uzbek parliament) approved the law on "Agreement on the Eurasian group on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism" at the plenary session on Tuesday.