Palestine Monetary Authority

PALESTINE MONETARY AUTHORITY

Circular No. (177/2018)

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

Subject: Reporting and Communication Mechanism with the Financial Monitoring Unit

Based on the provisions of Article No. (14) of Law No. (20) of 2015 and its amendments regarding the combating of money laundering and terrorist financing, and Article No. (12) of the instructions of the National Committee for Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing for Foreign Exchange Dealers No. (1/J) of 2017, and to ensure the confidentiality of the reporting process and speed in its execution when reporting cases of suspicion of committing money laundering or terrorist financing or any of the predicate crimes, all Foreign Exchange Dealers are required to fully comply with reporting and sending and receiving correspondence between the Dealer and the Financial Monitoring Unit directly via the Unit's electronic program page "GoAML" as of the date 2018/09/01, according to the mechanism outlined in the attached guide for the registration and reporting process.

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Supervision and Inspection Department Palestine Monetary Authority

Copy: To the respected 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 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

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GoAML Web User Guide

Registration

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

https://goaml.ffu.ps

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

After clicking on Register, it automatically navigates to the reporting entity data registration page as shown in the figure below. Regarding the Entity Type field, the registered company is distinguished by its type; for example, Foreign Exchange Dealers and Banks, security agencies, ministries, and other institutions should select Reporting Entity, and 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: Commercial Institution Name
• Incorp. City*: City
• Incorp. Country*: Country Palestine
• Contact Person*: Person responsible for reporting
• URL: Website Link
• Email*: Email

Phones

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

Addresses

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

Registering Person

• User Name*: Main System Username
• Email*: Personal Email
• Password*: Password
• Confirm Password*: Confirm Password
• Gender*: Gender
• Title: Surname (Mr. or Mrs.)
• First Name*: First Name
• Last Name*: Last Name
• Birth Date: Date of Birth
• SSN: Identity Number
• Nationality*: Nationality
• ID Number: Identity 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: Comments

Addresses

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

CAPTCHA

• The number in the image is required to be entered 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 in the financial institution registration process under the name person.

Registering Person

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

Thus, the registration and login process to the reporting system is completed 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)

Report Type: SAR

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

Submit Report | Save Report | Show Attachments x 0

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Each field is filled as indicated next to it, and then we 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

• Significance: 1
• Reason*: Reason for suspicion
• Comments: Description of the suspicion process
• Party Type: Person / Account / Entity

After that, the nature of the suspected party is selected, whether it is a company (Entity), person (Person), or account (Account), and of course, in the case of the Dealer's company, the available options are the Company or the Person executing the transaction.

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

Person

• Title: Mr.
• First Name*: Client Name
• Middle Name: Middle Name
• Birth Date: 07/04/2018
• Mothers Name: Mother's Name
• SSN: Identity Number
• Nationality 1: STATE OF PALESTINE
• Nationality 3:
• Occupation: Occupation
• Tax Number: Tax 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, the fields for the properties of the phone, address, and identity number are filled, 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: Comments

Addresses

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

Identification

• 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.

If the suspect is a company, click on Entity

Report Party

• Significance: 1
• Reason*: Reason for suspicion
• Comments: Description of the suspicion process
• Party Type: Person / Account / Entity

Save | Cancel

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