The Financial Action Task Force of Latin America (GAFILAT) ran an intensive training course in Cuba to prepare the country’s competent authorities and private-sector obliged entities for a forthcoming anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) mutual evaluation. GAFILAT highlighted that Cuba will be the first member to be assessed under its fifth round of mutual evaluations. Held from 1 to 5 September 2025, the programme was delivered with the cooperation provided by the Kingdom of Spain and forms part of a series of technical trainings offered to member countries ahead of their evaluations. The modules covered technical and institutional aspects of the AML/CFT system, with an emphasis on implementation effectiveness, and included walkthroughs of the evaluation stages and key areas that will be examined; the GAFILAT Executive Secretariat and Spanish experts participated in delivering the course.
2025-09-17Financial Action Task Force of Latin America (GAFILAT)
Financial Action Task Force of Latin America delivers intensive AML CFT mutual evaluation preparation course in Cuba ahead of fifth round review
GAFILAT conducted a training in Cuba to prepare authorities and private-sector entities for an anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing evaluation. Cuba will be the first assessed under GAFILAT's fifth evaluation round. The programme, held with Spain's cooperation, focused on technical and institutional aspects of the AML/CFT system and implementation effectiveness.