The Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group has published Mozambique’s sixth enhanced follow-up report and fourth technical compliance re-rating, concluding that the country has made further progress in addressing deficiencies identified in its 2021 mutual evaluation. The report upgrades Recommendation 19 on high-risk countries, Recommendation 32 on cash couriers and Recommendation 37 on mutual legal assistance from Partially Compliant to Largely Compliant, and upgrades Recommendation 38 on mutual legal assistance for freezing and confiscation from Partially Compliant to Compliant. The review covers technical compliance only and does not assess improvements in effectiveness. The upgrades reflect legislative and institutional changes made since the mutual evaluation. For Recommendation 19, Mozambique introduced provisions on countermeasures and on advising financial institutions about weaknesses in other jurisdictions’ AML and counter-terrorist financing systems, but it still relies on enhanced monitoring rather than the full scope of enhanced due diligence for FATF high-risk countries. For Recommendation 32, the new framework now covers declarations for cross-border movements of currency and bearer negotiable instruments through mail or cargo, strengthens the authorities’ power to stop and question carriers, and improves information-sharing, although safeguards on the proper use of declaration information remain a gap. For Recommendation 37, the legal basis for mutual legal assistance now covers associated predicate offenses and the Attorney General’s Office has been designated as the central authority, but the authorities did not demonstrate a case management system to track requests. Recommendation 38 reached full compliance after Mozambique established legal and institutional mechanisms for international freezing, seizure and confiscation, including assistance with non-conviction based confiscation. Mozambique will remain under enhanced follow-up and will continue reporting to ESAAMLG on progress in improving and implementing its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures.
Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG)2026-05-14
Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group upgrades Mozambique on four FATF recommendations but keeps it under enhanced follow-up
The Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group has issued Mozambique’s latest follow-up report and upgraded four FATF technical compliance ratings. Recommendations 19, 32 and 37 were raised to Largely Compliant, while Recommendation 38 was raised to Compliant. Mozambique remains under enhanced follow-up.