Posted by ONLANKA Information Desk on August 4, 2026 – 6:58 pm
Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has referred to as for robust coordination amongst private and non-private establishments to efficiently full the nation’s third worldwide analysis on stopping cash laundering and terrorist financing.
A particular dialogue on Sri Lanka’s third Mutual Analysis of worldwide Anti-Cash Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) requirements was held on the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo this morning (August 4), below the patronage of the President.
President Dissanayake mentioned the lively participation of all related establishments was important, because the analysis would assist strengthen Sri Lanka’s credibility inside the worldwide monetary system.
The analysis will study Sri Lanka’s technical compliance with the 40 suggestions launched by the Monetary Motion Job Pressure (FATF). It would additionally assess how successfully these suggestions are being carried out by means of 11 Speedy Outcomes.
An on-site go to by the analysis crew is scheduled to happen this yr. The President pressured the necessity to correctly implement the related suggestions over the following few months and mentioned the method could possibly be accomplished efficiently by means of shut coordination amongst all establishments.
Central Financial institution of Sri Lanka officers mentioned preparations for the analysis started in 2023 and had been intensified through the previous two years below strict deadlines.
The Mutual Analysis is a national-level audit carried out by the Asia/Pacific Group on Cash Laundering. Round 25 authorities establishments are concerned within the course of, whereas native coordination is dealt with by the Monetary Intelligence Unit established inside the Central Financial institution.
A activity power appointed by the President to forestall cash laundering and suppress terrorist financing is monitoring the progress of motion plans that have to be carried out by the related establishments through the analysis course of.
In the course of the assembly, the progress made by ministries and different establishments in implementing the suggestions and motion plan was reviewed. Officers additionally mentioned the issues that had arisen and the steps wanted to resolve them shortly.
The President inquired about measures taken to cease on-line playing and the progress of introducing associated legal guidelines.
The assembly additionally reviewed the institution of the Authority for the Administration of Proceeds of Crime. President Dissanayake pressured that the authority should be capable of function successfully.
Officers mentioned the work required to determine the authority had been accomplished and that workers recruitment was presently underway.
Deputy Minister of Digital Economic system Eranga Weeraratne, Central Financial institution Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Financial Growth Dr. Harshana Suriyapperuma, and Secretary to the Ministry of Defence retired Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha attended the assembly.
Ministry secretaries, Legal professional Basic Parinda Ranasinghe, Inspector Basic of Police Priyantha Weerasooriya, Chief of Nationwide Intelligence Main Basic Nalinda Niyangoda, and heads of related establishments have been additionally current.
Representatives of the Fee to Examine Allegations of Bribery or Corruption and the Authorized Draftsman’s Division have been among the many different officers who attended.
