Strategies Database

Money laundering

Offences

• Conversion/transfer of proceeds of crime
• Concealment/disguise of nature/ source/ location/… of proceeds of crime
• Acquisition/possession/use of proceeds of crime

Keywords

• Terrorist financing
• Anti-money laundering
• Countering the financing of terrorism/countering terrorist financing
• Proceeds of crime
• Financial Action Task Force
• National risk assessment
Terrorism

Offences

• Offences related to Nuclear Terrorism and Nuclear material
• Offences related to Financing of Terrorism

Keywords

• Sanctions Regime / Arms Embargo / Assets Freeze / Travel Ban
• Nuclear Material / Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Terrorism / Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

National strategy for combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism and proliferation

  Uganda

Introductory text

Vision

Uganda and its citizens secured against money laundering (ML), terrorist financing (TF), and proliferation financing (PF) by 2025.

Mission

To safeguard Uganda and its citizens against money laundering (ML), terrorist financing (TF), and proliferation financing (PF) by implementing risk-based inter-agency collaboration, against Money Laundering (ML); Terrorist Financing (TF) and Proliferation Financing (PF).

Strategic Objectives

1. Enhance compliance with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations.

2. Strengthen Uganda's legal and regulatory framework to counter money laundering, terrorism financing and proliferation financing.

3. Strengthen the capacity of stakeholders to implement the AML/CFT/CPF requirements.

4. Enhance regional and international cooperation on matters relating to AML/CFT/CPF.

5. Enhance the investigation, prosecution and adjudication of AML/CFT/CPF matters.

6. Strengthen national coordination and cooperation in AML/CFT/CPF matters.

Law Identifier

uga0001s

Adoption date

2020-09-01

Organized Crime Convention Articles

  • Article 7: Measures to combat money-laundering
  • Article 6: Criminalization of the laundering of proceeds of crime
  • Article 29: Training and technical assistance
  • Article 27: Law enforcement cooperation
  • Article 28: Collection, exchange and analysis of information on the nature of organized crime
  • Article 11: Prosecution, adjudication and sanctions

Cross-Cutting Issues

Investigation Procedure

Confiscation and Seizure of

• Proceeds of crime derived from offences covered by the Convention

Measures

• Identification, tracing, freezing and/or seizure of the proceeds and instrumentalities of crime

Prevention

• Legislative measures
• Protective factors
• Risk factors
• Resilience to crime
• Policies

Attachments

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