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Ghana included in European Commission dirty money list

The European Commission has added Ghana to a list of 23 countries with strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing frameworks.

Ghana and her West African neighbour Nigeria were added to an already existing blacklist of 16 countries announced by the European Commission in a press release on February 13, 2019.

According to the EC, the aim of the list is to protect the EU financial system by better preventing money laundering and terrorist financing risks.

Feb. 14, 2019

References:

• https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/eu-include-ghana-in-dirty-money-blacklist.html
• https://dailyguidenetwork.com/ghana-regrets-dirty-money-tag/
• https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/business/Ghana-s-inclusion-on-European-Commission-dirty-money-list-flawed-Finance-Ministry-724635
• https://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFKCN1Q215T
• https://www.myjoyonline.com/business/2019/february-19th/money-laundering-govt-disappointed-over-eus-decision-to-blacklist-ghana.php
• https://africafeeds.com/2019/02/20/ghana-rejects-addition-to-eu-dirty-money-list/
• http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-19-781_en.htm
• https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/EU-blacklists-Botswana-Ghana-Mauritius-Zimbabwe-over-money-laundering-945898
• https://africa.cgtn.com/2020/05/08/four-african-countries-added-to-eu-blacklist-for-money-laundering/