FATF praises India's progress in combating illegal finance, calls for faster money laundering trials
Sep 20, 2024, at 04:54 am
New Delhi: India has received the praise of the terror financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for achieving a high level of technical compliance with its recommendations and taking major steps to implement measures to deal with illegal finance, media reports said.
PM Modi, British PM Sunak discuss free trade deal
Sep 10, 2023, at 07:47 am
New Delhi: The UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Saturday held a 'productive conversation' about negotiations on a UK-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
Oct 22, 2022, at 02:53 pm
New Delhi: India reacted to Pakistan's removal from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list and said the world should remain clear that the South Asian nation must continue to take 'credible, verifiable, irreversible and sustained' action against terrorism and terrorist financing emanating from territories under its control.
Nirmala Sitharaman attends FATF Ministerial Meeting
Apr 22, 2022, at 03:37 pm
Washington: Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman attended the FATF Ministerial Meeting in Washington D.C. on Apr 21 conducted along-side the 2022 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
India attempting to use FATF for political reasons: Pakistan Foreign Minister
Jun 30, 2021, at 01:58 am
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has accused India of attempting to use the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for political purposes but claimed his nation would foil such nefarious designs.
Pakistan denies Dawood's presence after releasing three addresses in its territory
Aug 24, 2020, at 08:38 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan has denied that the two Special Regulatory Orders (SROs) announcing sanctions against key figures of terror groups, including 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar, and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, does not amount to an admission that it sheltered them.
Pakistan admits sheltering Dawood Ibrahim, claims to have imposed financial sanctions
Aug 23, 2020, at 02:59 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Underworld don and one of the 1993 Mumbai serial blast accused Dawood Ibrahim lives in Karachi, Pakistani government has admitted after years of denying that it shelters him, media reports said.
Pakistan escapes FATF blacklisting by four more months
Oct 18, 2019, at 06:31 pm
New Delhi: Pakistan managed to escape blacklisting by Financial Action Task Force (FATF), but was charged for failing to meet 23 out of 27 targets after the latest review by the terror watchdog.
Pakistan taking Chinese help to frame Indians for terror: Reports
Oct 16, 2019, at 02:42 pm
New Delhi: Living under the shadow of action by international terror financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) which could place it under the Dark Grey List, a desperate Pakistan is taking the help of its all-weather ally China to counter India by framing Indians for terror, media reports said.
Biggest pressure on Pakistan comes from the functionaries of the FATF: Ajit Doval
Oct 14, 2019, at 03:55 pm
New Delhi: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said Pakistan is under pressure from global anti-terror watchdog FATF to crack down on terror groups that are operating within its borders.
BREAKINGNEWS: Pakistan in enhanced blacklist by terror watchdog FATF
Aug 23, 2019, at 12:01 pm
Sydney, Aug 23 (IBNS): In a huge setback to the Imran Khan regime, Pakistan has been placed in an "enhanced blacklist" by terror watchdog Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) Asia Pacific Group (APG), said reports on Friday.
Terrorism: Pakistan team visits Australia to hold talks with FATF to exit grey list
Aug 20, 2019, at 01:14 pm
Sydney, Aug 20 (IBNS): A Pakistani delegation has reached Australia and it has started talks with the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) Asia Pacific Group to exit its grey list, media reports said. FATF is an intergovernmental organization founded on the initiative of the G7 to combat money laundering and terrorism financing.
Stage set for key FATF deliberations on Pak's actions on terror funding
Feb 22, 2019, at 11:18 am
New Delhi, Feb 22 (UNI) Stage is set for the last session of the week-long meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in Paris on Friday and thus all eyes will be on the decision of the plenary as India has made a strong case against Pakistan for its non-compliance in curbing terror funding.