Loi n° 2019-017 relative à la lutte contre le blanchiment de capitaux et le financement du terrorisme (successor to the commission created by Loi n° 2005-048)
Mauritania's financial intelligence unit, set up first as the National Commission for the Analysis of Financial Information under Law 2005-048 and renamed under Law 2019-017. The unit describes itself as financially and operationally independent, and its French pages also call it the Cellule de Renseignements Financiers de Mauritanie.
What they do
Receives, centralises and analyses suspicious transaction reports from regulated entities and passes results to judicial or other competent authorities. It also runs training and awareness work and publishes AML/CFT instructions, guidance and the national and UN sanctions lists. It operates the online reporting and beneficial ownership portals at tahlil.umef.mr.
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