Luanda - The Angolan ambassador to South Africa, Rui Xavier, met, this Monday, with members of the Anti-Money Laundering Group for Southern and Eastern Africa (ESAAMLG).
The delegation, which participated in Botswana in the 23rd Council of Ministers and in the 46th Working Meeting of Senior Officers of the East and Southern African Anti-Money Laundering Group, is led by the director general of the Financial Information Unit, Gilberto Moisés Moma Capeça.
During the meeting, according to a note sent to ANGOP, Gilberto Moisés Moma Capeça gave a brief summary of Angola's participation in the aforementioned meetings, as well as the efforts undertaken by the Angolan Government to comply with the recommendations of the International Financial Action Task Force (FATF), to avoid the country's entry into this institution's gray list.
The ESAAMLG is the group of countries in Eastern and Southern African, created to monitor the progress of countries regarding compliance and implementation of the FATF Recommendations in their jurisdictions, concerning the prevention and combating of money laundering and terrorist financing.
The group is made up of 17 countries, namely Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, South Africa, Namibia, Tanzania, Rwanda, Seychelles, Swaziland, Kenya, Zambia, Uganda, Mozambique, Malawi, Lesotho, Mauritius and Zimbabwe.
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