FATF in the MENA Region
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FATF assessments can have a substantial impact on countries and on the organizations that are based there. Andy Critchlow, the Middle East editor for Breakingviews, chats to Abdul Hafiz Mansour, the Secretary General of the Special Investigation Commission FIU Lebanon & Vice Chairman, Egmont Group, about the impact of FATF on the MENA region.
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