UFA Secretariat Pre-Mutual Evaluation Training in Tonga
The UFA secretariat conducted a pre-ME training workshop in Tonga from 26-27 March 2019, to support Tonga’s preparations for its upcoming UFA mutual evaluation. Tonga’s mutual evaluation will take place in 2019-20, with the onsite visit scheduled for October 2019 and the report to be adopted at the UFA’s 2020 annual meeting.
Over the course of the two days, the UFA secretariat met with the National Reserve Bank of Tonga, the Ministry of Justice and the Working Group on Serious Financial Crimes, to provide an overview of the mutual evaluation process and to discuss expectations for the onsite visit. The UFA secretariat also met separately with financial institutions and cash dealers to brief them on the mutual evaluation process. In addition, the UFA secretariat was able to provide government authorities with some preliminary feedback on Tonga’s draft technical compliance submission.
The UFA secretariat would like to thank the Government of China for funding provided to support this visit.
