12/15/2023
SDG 16 & Financial Crimes: Challenges
Op-Ed, Business Recorder
While the global community and regulators strive to eliminate financial crimes and enforce global standards, the U.N, through its SDGs, is actively addressing illicit financial flows. Despite these global efforts, Pakistan, as a responsible country, grapples with challenges such as political and economic instability, a deteriorating law and order situation, and an inadequate response to financial crimes.
Our rating in addressing FATF standards is suboptimal, requiring improvements in the effectiveness of its AML-CFT regime and technical compliance with recommendations.
Additionally, Pakistan’s standing on the corruption perception index is quite unsatisfactory. This is an opportune moment for us to address these challenges. If we do not act promptly, the initiation of our mutual evaluation process becomes imminent according to the amended standards, and ultimately, we may find ourselves attributing our own failures to both the global community and the watchdog.
https://www.brecorder.com/news/40278767/sdg-16-financial-crimes-challenges