Manama: Middle East North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF), during its 36th general meeting, which is was held in Manama, elected the State of Qatar as Co-Chair of the Technical Assistance and Applications Team for a two-year term.
Secretary of the National Committee for Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Issa Mohammed Al Hardan is Qatar’s Representative in the position.
The Technical Assistance and Applications Working Group is concerned with studying the methods, trends and indicators of money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing in the Middle East and North Africa region, and coordinating the provision of training and capacity building for member states, in cooperation with international organisations and other donors.
