Results for "Anti-money laundering"
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Business
Financial Intelligence Centre Board inaugurated with charge to fight financial crimes
The new Anti-Money Laundering Act 2020 (ACT 1044) seeks to accelerate the fight against money laundering, tax evasion, the financing of terrorism and other unlawful activities.
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Business
FCA fines Ghana International Bank £5.8 million for breach of Money Laundering Regulation
Under Regulation 42(1), the Authority is empowered to impose civil penalties upon those who breach the Regulations
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Business
Central Bank rolls out new Anti-Money Laundering guidelines for forex bureaus
These guidelines address critical areas such as the appointment and responsibilities of an Anti-Money laundering reporting officer, collaboration with regulatory authorities, and customer due diligence.
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Supreme Court News
Stay within your lane – Supreme Court Justices caution EOCO
These statements of caution were given by the Justices in a civil motion involving Malik Ibrahim who is seeking a writ of Certiorari against the High Court, (Financial and Economic Crime Division)
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Business
Preventing illicit financial transaction; Interior Minister calls for strengthening of Anti-Money Laundering laws
At a meeting with representatives from the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) and the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) on Friday, Mr. Muntaka emphasized the need for greater collaboration amon...
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General
Anti-LGBTQI Bill: We’ve not been sponsored by any donor agency, says Audrey Gadzekpo
“The bill violates virtually all the key fundamental freedoms guaranteed under the constitution, namely the right to freedom of speech and expression, the right to assemble, freedom of association and the right to organise, the right to fre...
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Business
Ghana card to be sole ID for all financial transactions-BoG
In a notice signed by the Secretary to the Central Bank, Ms. Sandra Thompson, entreated all financial institutions to take steps to update customer records with the Ghana Card in line with Section 30 of the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2020 (...
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General
Regulatory Compliance in the Financial Sector
This article explores the various regulators who regulate financial institutions such as banks, microfinance, insurance companies amongst others as well as the critical role of regulatory compliance in the financial sector, the challenges i...
Ama Anima Konadu
Business
Ghana removed from list of EU’s high risk money laundering countries
Ghana has been removed from the list of European Union’s high risk third countries with strategic deficiencies in their Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) regimes, a statement from the Finance Ministry...
General
UK places Ghana on high-risk money laundering list
The United Kingdom (UK) government has added Ghana to a list of 21 high-risk countries with unsatisfactory money laundering and terrorist financing controls.
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Business
Bank of Ghana rolls out new anti-money laundering rules for agency banking
The AML/CFT/CPF Agency Banking Guidelines, which take immediate effect, are issued under section 101(2)(j) of the Payment Systems and Services Act, 2019 (Act 987) and section 52(5)(e)(i) of the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2020 (Act 1044).
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Courts
High Court’s full ruling on NAM 1's submission of No Case
The court, presided over by Dr. Ernest Owusu-Dapaa JA held that it was convinced that a prima facie case had been made against the accused persons.
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Courts
Former Buffer stock boss, wife, and others face 24 counts for alleged stealing of GH¢78m
The accused persons — including The Aludiba Foundation, Energy Partners Limited, and Richard Sam-Asante (who is currently at large) — are facing charges of stealing, money laundering, fraudulently causing financial loss to the Republic
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Crime
Former NPA Boss, 9 others charged by OSP for extortion, money laundering
According to a press release issued on Thursday, July 17, the OSP’s charges follow an in-depth probe that began in late 2024 into alleged financial irregularities within Ghana’s petroleum regulatory framework.
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Africa
Hushpuppi files notice to appeal 11 years’ sentencing for Internet fraud
Mr Abbas was sentenced to 11 years in prison and was ordered to pay $1,732,841 in restitution to two fraud victims.
Peoples Gazette
Courts
Ex-NSS Boss faces criminal charges over GH¢600 million financial scandal
The charges, filed by state prosecutors at the Accra High Court, allege that Mr. Assibey Antwi sanctioned a series of fraudulent payments and unauthorised transfers during his tenure between August 2021 and February 2025
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