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Remarks by Lester Joseph

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

Lester Joseph*
Affiliation:
Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice (January 2002-present)

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International Coalitions of the Willing
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© 2005 The American Society of International Law

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References

1 While I have been a member of the U.S. delegation to the FATF from time-to-time, the views expressed in these comments are solely my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. government or the FATF.

2 In describing the history of the FATF, I have drawn heavily from an excellent book, William C. Gilmore, Dirty Money: The Evolution of International Measures to Counter Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism(3d ed., 2004).

3 Id. at 89.

4 Id. at 90.

5 Singapore and Iceland were allowed to join the FATF the following year because they had been invited to join the second year but had not yet accepted the recommendations.

6 The seven regional bodies are the Asia/Pacific Group, the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force, the Council of Europe Select Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti–Money Laundering Measures, the Eurasian Group, the Eastern and Southern African Anti–Money Laundering Group, the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering in South America, and the Middle East and North African Financial Action Task Force.

7 Gilmore, supra note 1, at 92.