Implementing the Anti-Money Laundering Act (GH0045)
General
De un vistazo
Plan de ACCION: Plan de Acción de Ghana 2024-2028 (diciembre)
Ciclo del Plan de Acción: 2023
Estatus
Instituciones
Lead Institution: Financial Intelligence Center (FIC)
Support Institution(s): Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO), Ghana Audit Service. Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC), Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Center for Democratic Development (CDD). Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), West African Civil Society Institute (WACSI).
Áreas de política
Anticorrupción e integridad, Beneficiarios reales, Formaciones, RegulaciónRevisión de IRM
Informe de IRM: Revisión de IRM pendiente
Primeros resultados: revisión pendiente de IRM
Diseño i
Verificable: pendiente de revisión de IRM
Relevante para los valores de OGP: pendiente de revisión del IRM
Ambición (consulta: definición): Pendiente de revisión del IRM
Implementación i
Finalización: Revisión pendiente de IRM
Descripción
Problema a abordar
● Ghana was blacklisted by the EU in May 2020 for lapses in the country’s AML /CTF regimes. Ghana responded to the blacklisting by enacting the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2020 (Act 1044). Ghana was subsequently removed from the blacklist. The problem the commitment seeks to address is to avoid being blacklisted again.
¿Cuál es el compromiso?
The commitment is to effectively implement the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2020 (Act 1044) to ensure that Ghana does not get blacklisted again for lapses in the country’s AML/CTF regime.
Contribución del compromiso a la resolución del problema.
● The commitment is expected to mitigate any money laundering and terrorism financing risks in Ghana’s economic sphere, and to avoid future blacklisting.
Relevancia del compromiso con los valores de OGP
Commitment will ensure implementation of Ghana’s international obligations relating to Anti-Money Laundering and terrorism financing. It will also hold all economic actors accountable for their actions in stemming / preventing money laundering and terrorism financing in Ghana.
Actividad de hito con un entregable verificable | Fecha de inicio Fecha de término
Stakeholder consultations for the development of regulations held. Regulations to the Companies Act, 2019 (Act 992) particularly provisions on BO passed. | January, 2024 - December, 2024
Awareness creation events among relevant stakeholders organised. Competent authorities trained in detecting AML/CTF risks. ICT infrastructure for hosting BO central register upgraded and all licenses renewed. | January, 2025 - December 2025
Information sharing protocol / platform created for competent authorities | January, 2026 - December, 2026
Implementation of Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2020 (Act 1044) sustained January, 2027 December, 2027
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