According to Angop, a total of 15 experts from Portugal, the United States of America, Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi, Lesotho, Namibia, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Tanzania and Kenya are part of the evaluation team, which has scheduled meetings with representatives sectors and various Angolan institutions, including the Financial Information Unit (UIF).
The mutual evaluation of the Angolan financial system will take place between 27 June and 15 July.
The Financial Action Task Force International (FATF) mutual evaluation report on the system for preventing and combating money laundering, financing of terrorism and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, started in October 2021 and should be completed between March and April 2023.
Angola is being evaluated within the scope of the system to prevent and combat money laundering, in which experts will assess the degree of compliance and implementation of the recommendations since 2012, when the previous report was approved and the country was admitted as a member of Esaalmg , FATF regional group.
