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Amendments to Entries in the ISIL (Da'esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List 2024/7
Amendments to Entries in the ISIL (Da'esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List The United Nations Security Council Committee pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006) has on 15 April 2024 enacted amendments to one entry in the l718 Sanctions List. Accordingly, the Counter Financing of Terrorism Inter-Ministerial Committee hereby circulates the amendments to entries in ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida […]
Amendments to an Entry in the 1718 Sanctions List - 15th April 2024
Section 40E of the Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2012 (POTA) confers the Counter Financing of Terrorism Inter-Ministerial Committee the mandate to implement United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1267, 1373, 1718 and 1988, resolutions relating to the suppression of terrorism financing and the prevention, suppression and disruption of the proliferation of, and financing of, dealings with […]
Directive For Registration -DPMSS and TCPSS
All reporting institutions are required to comply with the obligations of POCAMLA including the obligation to register with the Centre pursuant to Section 47A of the POCAMLA. In pursuit of its principal objective, the Centre hereby directs Trust and Company Services Providers and Dealers of Precious Metals and Dealers of Precious Stones to register with […]
ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions - 2024/4
Amendments to Entries in the ISIL (Da'esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List TheISIL(Da'esh)&Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee has on February7, 2024 made amendments to eighty-five entries in the ISIL (Da'esh) &Al-Qaida Sanctions List in relation to individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban, and arms embargo outlined in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2610 […]
ML/TF Risk Assessments
Kenya has successfully conducted risk assessments for Terrorism Financing (TF) ,Virtual Assets(VAs) and Virtual Assets Service Provides (VASPs), and legal persons & legal arrangements that have been used to update Kenya’s NRA and competent authorities’ understanding of ML/TF risks. The risk assessments utilized a broad range of qualitative and quantitative data and information from different […]