Notice to Financial Services Licence Holders – FIAU Guidance Note on High-Risk and Non-Cooperative Jurisdictions

Notice to Financial Services Licence Holders
FIAU Guidance Note on High-Risk and Non-Cooperative Jurisdictions Further to MFSA Notice Ref: 13-2012 dated 2nd March 2012, the attention of licence holders is drawn to the publication on the 4th April 2012 by the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit of the Guidance Note on High-Risk and Non-Cooperative Jurisdictions. The guidance note is intended to assist subject persons in the application of certain obligations under the PMLFT Regulations within the context of the public documents issued by the FATF on high-risk and non-cooperative jurisdictions. The guidance note is being issued in terms of Regulation 17 of the Prevention of Money Laundering and Funding of Terrorism Regulations and is therefore binding on all subject persons. The Guidance Note can be viewed on the FIAU website: http://www.fiumalta.org or directly at: http://www.fiumalta.org/library/PDF/Guidance%20Note%20FATF%20Documents.pdf Communications Unit Malta Financial Services Authority MFSA Ref: 21-2012 10th April, 2012