Palestine Monetary Authority

PALESTINE MONETARY AUTHORITY

Circular No. (177/2018)

To all Dealers operating in Palestine Date: Monday, August 13, 2018

Subject: Mechanism for Reporting and Correspondence with the Financial Monitoring Unit

Based on the provisions of Article (14) of Law No. (20) of 2015 and its amendments regarding the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing, and Article (12) of the instructions of the National Committee for Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing for Dealers No. (1/C) of 2017, and to ensure the confidentiality and speed of the reporting process when reporting suspected cases of money laundering, terrorist financing, or any predicate offenses, all Dealers are required to strictly comply with reporting and directly send and receive correspondence between the Dealer and the Financial Monitoring Unit via the Unit's electronic software page "GoAML" effective from 2018/09/01, in accordance with the mechanism outlined in the attached guide for the registration and reporting process.

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Inspection and Supervision Department
Palestine Monetary Authority

Copy: To the esteemed Financial Monitoring Unit.

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Ramallah - Palestine P.O. Box 452 | Tel: +970 2 2415250 | Fax: +970 2 2415310 | Fax: +970 2 2415310 | Tel: +970 2 2415250 | Ramallah - Palestine P.O. Box 452
Gaza - Palestine P.O. Box 4026 | Tel: +970 8 2825292 | Fax: +970 8 2844447 | Fax: +970 8 2844447 | Tel: +970 8 2825292 | Gaza - Palestine P.O. Box 4026
Email: info@pma.ps | Email: info@pma.ps
www.pma.ps

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GoAML Web User Guide

Registration

Before reporting on the Financial Monitoring Unit's reporting system, you must access the page for registering company data responsible for reporting by visiting the following link:

https://goaml.ffu.ps

Then click Register on the red rectangle above, and then select Register As Organization as shown in the figure below.

After clicking Register, you will automatically be redirected to the institutional reporting data registration page as shown in the figure below. Regarding the Entity Type field, the registered company is distinguished by its type; for example, for Dealers and Banks, Security Agencies, Ministries, and other institutions, select Reporting Entity or Stakeholder.

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Registration Type

• Reporting Entity
• Stakeholder
• Supervisory Body

Registering Organization

• Organization Business Type*: Foreign Exchange Dealer
• Is Financial*: Yes / No
• Name*: Bank/Institution Name
• Incorp. Num*: Registration Number
• Commercial Name: Institution Commercial Name
• Incorp. City*: City
• Incorp. Country*: Country Palestine
• Contact Person*: Reporting Responsible Person
• Email*: Email Address
• URL: Website Link

Phones *

• Contact Type*: Business
• Comm. Type*: Landline Phone
• Country Prefix: Country Code
• Number*: Phone Number
• Extension: Extension Number
• Comments: Notes

Addresses *

• Address Type*: Business
• Address*: Address
• Town: City Name
• City*: City
• Zip: Postal Code
• State: Region
• Country*: STATE OF PALESTINE
• Comments: Notes

Registering Person

• User Name*: Main System Username
• Email*: Private Email
• Password*: Password
• Confirm Password*: Confirm Password
• Gender*: Male / Female
• Title: Mr. / Mrs. / Ms.
• First Name*: First Name
• Last Name*: Last Name
• Birth Date: Date of Birth
• SSN: ID Number
• Nationality*: STATE OF PALESTINE
• Occupation: Occupation
• ID Number: ID Number
• Passport?: No / Yes

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Phones *

• Contact Type*: Business
• Comm. Type*: Landline Phone
• Country Prefix: Country Code
• Number*: Phone Number
• Extension: Extension Number
• Comments: Notes

Addresses *

• Address Type*: Business
• Address*: Address
• Town: City Name
• City*: City
• Zip: Postal Code
• State: Region
• Country*: STATE OF PALESTINE
• Comments: Notes

CAPTCHA

• Please enter the text shown in the image in the box below
• 248386
• [Submit Request]

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Login: To log in to the goaml system, go to the following link:

https://goaml.ffu.ps/goAMLPRD/Account/LogOn

The username and password were previously defined during the financial institution registration process under the name person.

Registering Person

• User Name*: Main System Username
• Email*: Private Email
• Password*: Password
• Confirm Password*: Confirm Password

This completes the registration and login process to the reporting system within the permissions granted to each institution.

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Reporting a Suspicious Transaction

In the main menu, there is a list named New Reports, select Web Reports.

(goaml) Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)

TRAINING

The Financial Intelligence Unit is the arm of the global Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). It is part of the efforts of the Government in combating money laundering, and financing of terrorist activities.

The core role of the FIU is that it serves as the country's central agency for the collection, analysis and dissemination of information regarding money laundering and the financing of terrorism.

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Report Type: SAR ID: ---

• Entity ID: Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)
• Type*: Suspicious Activity Report
• Submission Date*
• Reason: Reason for reporting suspicious transaction
• Action: What action was taken
• Reporting Entity Branch: Reporting Entity Branch
• Reporting Entity Reference*: Reporting Entity Reference Number
• FIU Reference

Reporting Person *

• First Name: goaml
• Last Name: goaml
• Birth Date
• SSN
• Passport Number

Location

• Address: Eyal st
• City: RAMALLAH
• State
• Zip
• Country: STATE OF PALESTINE

Indicators *

• Indicator: Suspicion

Activity *

• [Submit Report] [Save Report] [Show Attachments x 0]

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Fill each field as indicated next to it, and then click Activity, which will display the screen below:

Activity

• Report Parties +
• Goods and Services +
• [Save] [Cancel]

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Select Report Parties, which will display the screen below:

Report Party

• Significance: 1
• Reason*: Reason for suspicion
• Comments: Description of suspicious activity
• Party Type: Person / Account / Entity
• [Save] [Cancel]

Next, select the nature of the suspected party, whether it is a company (Entity), person (Person), or account (Account). Of course, in the case of a Dealer company, the available options are the Company or the Person executing the transaction.

If Person (Person) is selected, the following screen appears:

Person

• Title: Mr.
• Gender: Male
• First Name*: Client Name
• Last Name*: Last Name
• Middle Name: Middle Name
• Prefix
• Birth Date: 07/04/2018
• Birth Place: Place of Birth
• Mothers Name: Mother's Name
• Alias
• SSN: ID Number
• Id Number: ID Number
• Nationality 1: STATE OF PALESTINE
• Nationality 2
• Nationality 3
• Residence
• Occupation: Occupation
• Employer Name: Employer Name
• Tax Number: Tax Number
• Tax Reg. Number
• Source of Wealth: Source of Income
• Passport?: No / Yes
• Passport Number*: Passport Number
• Passport Country: JORDAN
• Deceased?: No / Yes
• Phones +
• Addresses +
• Identification +
• Emails +
• Employer Address +

Then fill in the fields for phone, address, and ID number, all of which are not mandatory – optional.

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Phones *

• Contact Type*: Business
• Comm. Type*: Landline Phone
• Country Prefix: Country Code
• Number*: Phone Number
• Extension: Extension Number
• Comments: Notes

Addresses *

• Address Type*: Business
• Address*: Address
• Town: City Name
• City*: City
• Zip: Postal Code
• State: Region
• Country*: STATE OF PALESTINE
• Comments: Notes

Identification

• Type*: National Identity Card
• Number*: ID Number
• Issue Date: 07/01/2018
• Expiry Date
• Issued by
• Issue Country*: STATE OF PALESTINE
• Comments

[Save] [Cancel]

After finishing entering all available fields, click Save

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If the suspect is a company, click on Entity

Report Party

• Significance: 1
• Reason*: Reason for suspicion
• Comments: Description of suspicious activity
• Party Type: Person / Account / Entity
• [Save] [Cancel]