The Financial Action Task Force of Latin America (GAFILAT) ran a training course in Asunción on obligations and supervision of designated non-financial businesses and professions (DNFBPs), hosted at the Central Bank of Paraguay. The course took place from 19 to 23 May 2025 and was delivered by Mariano García (General Council of Notaries’ centralised AML prevention body), Irene Sánchez (Secretariat of the Commission for the Prevention of Money Laundering and Monetary Offences), and GAFILAT Executive Secretariat technical assistant Rocío Cañas, with support from Paraguay’s Secretariat for the Prevention of Money or Asset Laundering (SEPRELAD). Thirty-five representatives participated from the Central Bank of Paraguay, the National Institute of Cooperativism, the Supreme Court of Justice, the National Gambling Directorate, and SEPRELAD. Training topics included the international AML/CFT framework, the fifth round of mutual evaluations, FATF recommendations for DNFBPs, risk-based supervision, and sanctioning regimes. GAFILAT said the course was enabled through collaboration with Spain and forms part of a broader set of trainings assigned to countries using the prioritisation matrix of its Training and Development Working Group, with beneficiary countries able to choose from topics including terrorist financing, proliferation financing and implementation of international sanctions, beneficial ownership, risk-based supervision, and sanctioning procedures for non-compliance.
Financial Action Task Force of Latin America (GAFILAT) 2025-05-30
Financial Action Task Force of Latin America delivers DNFBP obligations and risk-based supervision training in Paraguay
GAFILAT conducted a training course in Asunción on DNFBPs' obligations and supervision, hosted by the Central Bank of Paraguay from 19 to 23 May 2025. It covered the international AML/CFT framework, FATF recommendations, and risk-based supervision. Supported by Spain, this initiative is part of GAFILAT's broader training program for member countries.