2018-01-01

Circular No. 178 (2018): Reporting and Communication Mechanism with the Financial Monitoring Unit

The Palestine Monetary Authority issued Circular No. 178 (2018) mandating that all specialized lending institutions in Palestine must exclusively use the GoAML electronic platform for reporting and communication with the Financial Monitoring Unit. This directive, effective September 1, 2018, requires strict compliance with the attached user guide for registration and reporting to ensure confidentiality and speed in handling suspicious activity reports. The regulation is grounded in Article 14 of Law No. 20 of 2015 concerning the combating of money laundering and terrorist financing.

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PALESTINE MONETARY AUTHORITY

Circular No. (2018/178)

To all specialized lending institutions operating in Palestine

Date: Monday, August 13, 2018

Subject: Reporting and Communication Mechanism with the Financial Monitoring Unit

Based on the provisions of Article (14) of Law No. (20) of 2015 and its amendments regarding the combating of money laundering and terrorist financing, and aiming to ensure the confidentiality of the reporting process and speed in its execution when reporting suspected cases of money laundering or terrorist financing or any of the predicate crimes, all specialized lending institutions are required to strictly comply with reporting and sending and receiving correspondence between the institution and the Financial Monitoring Unit directly via the "GoAML" electronic program page of the Unit as of the date 2018/09/01, in accordance with the mechanism outlined in the attached guide for the registration and reporting process.


Supervision and Inspection Department

Palestine Monetary Authority

Copy: To the esteemed Financial Monitoring Unit.


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 2844487 | Fax: +970 8 2844487 | Tel: +970 8 2825292 | Gaza - Palestine P.O. Box 4026
Email: info@pma.ps | Email: info@pma.ps
www.pma.ps

# GoAML Web User Guide

## Registration

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

https://goaml.ffu.ps

Then click on Register on the subject above the red rectangle, and then select organization as shown in the figure below:

After clicking on Register, you are automatically redirected to the reporting institutions' data registration page as shown in the figure below. Regarding the Entity Type field, the registered company is distinguished by its type, such as bankers and banks. Security agencies and ministries and other institutions should select stakeholder. Select Reporting Entity.

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# GOAML

## Registration Type

Please select the type of organization you are registering as, and then enter your organization details.

**Entity Type**
- Reporting Entity
- Stakeholder
- Supervisory Body

### Registering Organization

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Organization Business Type* | Foreign Exchange Dealer |
| Is financial* | Yes |
| Name* | acronyms |
| Incorp. Name* | Capital |
| Commercial Name | Reporting Entity Name |
| Incorp. City* | City |
| Incorp. Country* | Palestine |
| Name of holding company | Holding Company |
| Contact Person* | Person responsible for registration |
| Email* | Email is Login |
| URL | Optional field |

### Phones

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Contact Type* | Business - Option as is |
| Comm. Type* | Landline Phone - Option as is |
| Country Prefix | Optional field |
| Number* | Landline or Mobile Phone Number |
| Extension | Optional |
| Comments | Optional |

### Addresses

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Type* | Business |
| Address* | Address |
| Town | Optional |
| City* | City |
| Zip | Optional |
| Country* | STATE OF PALESTINE |
| State | West Bank / Gaza Strip |
| Comments | |

### Registering Person

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| User Name* | Main system username |
| Email* | Private email |
| Password* | Password |
| Confirm Password* | Confirm Password |
| Gender* | Gender |
| Title | Mr. or Mrs. |
| First Name* | First Name |
| Last Name* | Last Name |
| Birth Date | Date of Birth |
| SSN | Identity Number |
| Nationality* | Nationality |
| Occupation | Occupation - e.g., Exchange Shop Owner |
| ID Number | Identity Number |
| Passport? | | No | Yes |

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## Phones

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Contact Type* | Business - Option as is |
| Comm. Type* | Landline Phone - Option as is |
| Country Prefix | Optional field |
| Number* | Landline or Mobile Phone Number |
| Extension | Optional |
| Comments | Optional |

## Addresses

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Type* | Business |
| Address* | Address |
| Town | Optional |
| City* | City |
| Zip | Optional |
| Country* | STATE OF PALESTINE |
| State | West Bank / Gaza Strip |
| Comments | |

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

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

### Registering Person

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| User Name* | Main system username |
| Email* | Private email |
| Password* | Password |
| Confirm Password* | Confirm Password |

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

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## Reporting Suspicious Activity

Select New Reports from the main menu under Web Reports.

(goaml) Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)

**NEW REPORTS** | **DRAFTED REPORTS** | **SUBMITTED REPORTS** | **MY GOAML** | **ADMIN** | **LOGOUT**

### XML Upload
### Web Reports

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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The screen below appears:

(goaml) Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)

**NEW REPORTS** | **DRAFTED REPORTS** | **SUBMITTED REPORTS** | **MY GOAML** | **ADMIN** | **LOGOUT**

#### Report Type: SAR ID: ---
- **Entity ID**: Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)
- **Type***: Suspicious Activity Report
- **Submission Date***:
- **Reason**:
- **Action**:

#### Reporting Person *
- First Name: g2aml
- Last Name: g2aml
- Birth Date:
- SSN:
- Passport Number:

#### Location
- Address: Email at
- City: RAMALLAH
- State:
- Zip:
- Country: STATE OF PALESTINE

#### Indicators *
- Indicator:

#### Activity *
- [Submit Report] [Save Report] [Show Attachments x 0]

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Fill in each field as indicated next to it, and then click on Activity, which displays the screen below:

### Activity

- [Report Parties +]
- [Goods and Services +]

[Save] [Cancel]

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## Select Report Parties, which displays the screen below:

### Report Party

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Significance | 1 |
| Reason* | Suspicion Reason |
| Comments | Description of the suspicion process |

**Party Type**
- [Person] [Account] [Entity]
- [Save] [Cancel]

Then select the nature of the suspected party, whether it is a company (Entity), person (Person), or account (Account). Of course, in the case of an exchange company, they have the company or the person executing the transaction.

If Person is selected, the following screen appears:

### Person

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Title | Mr. |
| First Name* | Customer Name |
| Middle Name | Middle Name |
| Birth Date | 07/04/2018 |
| Mothers Name | Mother's Name |
| SSN | Identity 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 privacy fields for phone, address, and ID number, all of which are optional.

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## Phones

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Contact Type* | Business - Option as is |
| Comm. Type* | Landline Phone - Option as is |
| Country Prefix | Optional field |
| Number* | Landline or Mobile Phone Number |
| Extension | Optional |
| Comments | Optional |

## Addresses

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Type* | Business |
| Address* | Address |
| Town | Optional |
| City* | City |
| Zip | Optional |
| Country* | STATE OF PALESTINE |
| State | West Bank / Gaza Strip |
| Comments | |

## Identification

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Type* | National Identity Card |
| Number* | Identity 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

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Significance | 1 |
| Reason* | Suspicion Reason |
| Comments | Description of the suspicion process |

**Party Type**
- [Person] [Account] [Entity]
- [Save] [Cancel]

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