2026-07-28 | Circular No.02Added · Updated
The Financial Monitoring Unit establishes a dedicated STR-Government (STR-G) reporting category within the goAML system to streamline the submission of suspicious activity reports by government agencies under Section 7(2) of the Anti-Money Laundering Act 2010. This framework authorizes government agencies, autonomous bodies, and oversight bodies to report suspicions related to money laundering, terrorism financing, and proliferation financing. The circular directs these entities to follow the attached detailed guidelines and web user guide for filing STR-G reports.
Get FMU alerts — same-day email on every new publication.
Financial Monitoring Unit (FMU)
(Government of Pakistan)
__________________________________________________________________ FMU-Circular No. 02 of 2026 July 28, 2026 To: All The Designated Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs), Regulators, SelfRegulatory Bodies (SRBs), relevant Competent Authorities Reporting Suspicious Activity as an STR-G on goAML to Financial Monitoring Unit (FMU) Under Section 7(2) of the Anti-Money Laundering Act 2010 The Financial Monitoring Unit (FMU), Government of Pakistan is the central agency established under Section 6 of Anti- Money Laundering Act (AML Act 2010), empowered to receive Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) and Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs) from the reporting entities under Section 6(4)(a) of the AML Act 2010.
2. Under Section 7(1) of the AML Act 2010, the reporting entities are required to submit STRs
to FMU in the prescribed manner. Further, under Section 7(2) of the Act, any government agency, autonomous body, oversight body for SRB, AML/CFT Regulatory Authority may share intelligence or report their suspicions within the meaning of STR with FMU.
3. To streamline the reporting of STRs under section 7(2), FMU has developed a dedicated
reporting category, namely STR-Government (STR-G) within goAML reporting system. The STR-G reporting framework allowsrelevant government agencies to report suspicions, where appropriate, relating to ML, TF and PF.
4. The detailed guidelines and procedures for filing STR-G with FMU are attached for
information and guidance of all relevant government agencies.
Yours truly,
Sd/-
Shahzad Hussain
(Additional Director)
Encl:
Source: Financial Monitoring Unit — original document · Summary generated with machine assistance and reviewed before publication; the authoritative text is the regulator's original document. How RegAlert works
More like this from FMU
We email you every new FMU publication the day it's published.