Bolivia's Ministry of Finance said the country has implemented more than 90% of the actions recommended by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) following its 2021 mutual evaluation, while acknowledging that a key legislative gap remains around special investigative techniques for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing enforcement. The ministry, speaking alongside the Financial Investigations Unit, pointed to the FATF mutual evaluation report published in January 2024, which set out 60 recommended actions, most of which it said have been addressed through inter-institutional work. It identified the absence of a law explicitly authorising special investigative techniques as the main unresolved issue, and referenced prior legislative attempts including Law No. 1386 (promulgated in August 2021 and repealed in November 2021) and subsequent draft bills presented in September 2021 and February 2023 (PL218 and PL280), which it said were stalled in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly. The ministry noted that the FATF has not yet issued an official statement on Bolivia and that the formal outcome is expected at a FATF plenary session later in June. It added that inclusion on the FATF “grey list” would place Bolivia under increased monitoring focused on passing the outstanding law, and argued that the next legislative term will need to approve the measure.

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