Governor's decision No. (40) of 2002 (first set up inside the Central Bank); independent unit under Art. 5 of Presidential Council Resolution No. 1013 of 2017
Libya's financial intelligence unit, set up in 2002 as a unit of the Central Bank's banking supervision department and made an independent unit with legal personality by the AML/CFT law of 2017. The English name used on the law translation is Libyan Financial Information Unit.
What they do
Receives suspicious-transaction reports on money laundering and terrorist financing, analyses them and refers the results to the competent authorities. It publishes AML/CFT laws, circulars and reporting guidance and works with the National Committee for combating money laundering and terrorist financing.
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