Source: TH Context: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), during its ongoing plenary in Paris, is expected to deliberate on the issue of state-sponsored terrorism financing. About Financial Action Task Force (FATF): What it is? The FATF is an intergovernmental policy-making body that sets global standards to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing. …
Source: LM Context: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) strongly condemned the April 2025 Pahalgam terror attack and announced intensified scrutiny of countries’ efforts in countering terror financing. About Financial Action Task Force (FATF): What is FATF? The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an intergovernmental policy-making body that sets global standards to combat money …
Source: HT Context: India is submitting a dossier to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), urging the re-listing of Pakistan in the grey list due to non-compliance with previous commitments on terror financing and money laundering. About Financial Action Task Force (FATF): What is FATF? The FATF is an intergovernmental watchdog established to set and …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important Government Policies. Context: The bill was recently passed in Lok Sabha. The Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, passed in 2005, only banned the manufacturing of weapons of mass destruction. The amendment bill is aimed at widening its ambit. Need …
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Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate. Financial Action Task Force (FATF): Why in News? FATF recently held its annual joint experts’ meet. It was attended by participants from various government agencies all over the world and international bodies such as the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and …
Insights into Editorial: Black and grey: On terror funding and Pakistan Context: The deliberations, in Beijing, of the Asia-Pacific joint group of the global watchdog on terror financing and money laundering, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), gave Pakistan some encouraging news: that it had progressed in its efforts to avoid a blacklisting. A final …
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RSTV: THE BIG PICTURE- TACKLING TERROR FINANCE Introduction: In the wake of the dastradly terror attack in Pulwama carried out by Pakistan based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad , India had upped the ante against Pakistan on the issue of terror funding by pushing to blacklist the neighbouring country at the plenary meeting of the anti …
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