Cyprus Bar Association’s mandatory questionnaire on AML/CFT
13 Mar 2020
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On 25 February 2020, the Department of Supervision and Compliance of the Cyprus Bar Association (CBA) announced that all supervised entities (lawyers (employees and self-employed), LLC/Partnerships, ASP), as part of the implementation of its Risk-Based Approach, are obliged to follow CBA’s online procedure in regards to The Prevention and Suppression of Money Laundering Activities and Terrorist Financing.
The procedure covers the periods 1 January 2018 – 31 December 2018 and 31 December 2018 – 31 December 2019 and must be completed by 30 April 2020 by all supervised persons.
A handbook can be found here for guidance purposes.
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