Bahrain, Oman join hands to combat money laundering, terrorist financing

TDT | Manama

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The Financial Investigation Department of the Ministry of Interior and the National Centre for Financial Information in Oman signed an agreement for combating money laundering and terrorist financing.

This agreement aims to exchange information related to money laundering and terrorist financing and related predicate offences. The deal was signed in the presence of Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, the Director of the Financial Investigation Department in the Ministry and the CEO of the National Centre for Financial Information in Oman, Colonel Abdul RahmanBin Amer Al-Kiyumi.

Shaikha Mai stressed the importance of the mutual evaluation of the Financial Action Task Force and enhancing cooperation. The meeting reviewed the most prominent practices for combating money laundering and terrorist financing.