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Re: European Union Thread
« Reply #30 on: February 07, 2020, 07:11:11 AM »
Imbert: T&T will be removed from EU high-risk list
BY JULIEN NEAVES (NEWSDAY).


FINANCE Minister Colm Imbert said he is confident that T&T will be removed from the European Union high-risk list for countries with deficiencies in its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing mechanisms.

He was responding to a question in Senate Wednesday on steps being taken by Government to address the EU’s continued blacklisting of the country.

Imbert said the lead on Government’s initiatives to deal with being on a grey list was being taken by Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi with support from the Finance Ministry and he congratulated Al-Rawi on his “vigorous” prosecution of the matter.

Imbert reported the steps being taken were to address all remaining deficiencies in the national anti-money laundering and combating of financing of terrorism and proliferation of financing regime of TT (AML/CFT/PF. He said the steps were under review by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

“These strategic deficiencies have been addressed both by significant legislative and operational improvements in AML/CFT/PF regime in our country. The Government has worked expeditiously to ensure all deficiencies are addressed in order for T&T to be removed from the public FATF compliance document.”

He reported that, more recently, the country underwent an on-site assessment and examination of our authorities by FATF during January 6-7 at the Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs. He said Al-Rawi would go before the FATF to receive the outcome of that assessment at the opening FATF plenary meeting during February 16-21 in Paris, France.

Imbert said Al-Rawi had established regular engagement with the European Commission and its representatives at the FATF and the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force and would continue to do so at the plenary meeting.

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Re: European Union Thread
« Reply #31 on: April 12, 2020, 06:10:24 AM »
EU applauds T&T's covid19 measures
JENSEN LA VENDE (NEWSDAY).


The European Union donated eight million euros to assist the Caribbean in its fight against the covid19 global pandemic as it thanked TT for its handling of the crisis.

In a media release on Friday, the delegation said the proactive and measured steps the country took in dealing with the challenges arising out of the pandemic and the Ministry of Health's preparedness to tackle the virus must be applauded. The delegation added that they stand in solidarity with TT as this country continues to play its part in limiting the spread of the virus and thanked TT for assisting in getting Europeans out of the country even after the borders were closed.

TT was especially thanked for opening its borders on April 8 to allow repatriation flights by Condor to collect Europeans and permanent residents who wished to return home. TT closed its borders to both nationals and non-nationals on March 23.

“Practically all remaining EU, Norwegian, Swiss and British nationals who had expressed the wish and had the ability to be repatriated have travelled home. Special thanks are extended to the resident and non-resident embassies and honorary consuls of the EU member states as well as Norway, Switzerland and Great Britain in assisting their nationals in the repatriation process.”

The delegation said they are ready and willing to support TT and the wider Caribbean region in the covid19 battle and made the donation to the regional Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) to cover urgent needs, including protection material, test reagents, and lab material. To date CARPHA is the only recognised body that tests for covid19. The Health Ministry plans to expand testing through private labs and designated health centres with CARPHA accreditation.

“This support complements the EU contributions to global health initiatives that include the Vaccine Alliance (GAVI), the Global Fund to Fight Aids, tuberculosis, malaria, the Global Financing Facility, and the World Health Organization that will also be directed toward the fight against covid19. The European Commission will also support research on diagnostics, treatment, and prevention of covid19.”

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