Preventive Measures on ML/FT : India-Selected Website Resources

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The following list gives useful websites that of interest to students of AML/CFT as far as India is concerned. 


USEFUL WEBSITES


Financial Intelligence Unit- India

— http://www.fiuindia.gov.in/

FIInet Gateway

— https://finnet.gov.in/

Directorate of Enforcement

— http://www.directorateofenforcement.gov.in/

Ministry of Finance

— http://www.finmin.nic.in/

The Central Economic Intelligence Bureau

— http://www.ceib.nic.in/ Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority

— http://www.irdaindia.org/

Reserve Bank of India

— http://www.rbi.org.in/

ecurities and Exchange Board of India

— http://www.sebi.gov.in/

Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF)

— http://www.fatf-gafi.org

Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG)

— http://www.apgml.org/

Caribbean Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (CFATF)

— http://www.cfatf.org/eng/

Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG)

 — http://www.esaamlg.org/

Egmont group

— http://www.egmontgroup.org/

Urasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing Terrorism

— http://www.eurasiangroup.org/

Middle East & North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF)

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