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The governments of Turkey, Afghanistan, and Iran issued a joint statement summarizing the outcome of the countries’ June 20, 2021 Trilateral Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs.   

The U.S. Inspector General released a report that concluded that though Afghanistan is in the process of implementing anti-corruption reforms, various problems still need to be addressed and “questions” about the government’s lasting commitment to anti-corruption reforms remain.

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  • The U.S. State Department identifies Afghanistan as a major money laundering jurisdiction. Narcotics trade, corruption, illegal mineral extraction, smuggling and trade based money laundering are the major sources of illicit revenue in the country. Afghanistan is the world’s largest opium producer and exporter. Terrorist and insurgent financing, inaccurate customs' revenue collection, money laundering, fraud and the abuse of hawalas and other informal value transfer systems are common. In addition, the country's borders with Pakistan and Iran are porous, making it easy for smugglers. A poor security environment, pervasive corruption, and a lack of investigative capacity make supervision and regulation of financial institutions, money services businesses and money exchangers difficult. Afghanistan has know-your-customer and suspicious transaction reporting regulations that require financial institutions to determine and monitor the risk levels of customers and accounts.
-Source: 2021 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR)

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Technical Effectiveness
Compliant : 1 High :
Largely Compliant : 1 Substantial :
Partially Compliant : 17 Moderate :
Non-Compliant : 29 Low :
Not-Applicable : 1

BASEL i

Rank : 1/141
Score : 8.16/10

TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL i

Rank : 165/180
Score : 19/100

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