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Gulf Arabs tighten bank rules to fight money laundering
ABU DHABI. Dec 25 Ouif Arab states have tightened bank rules to fight money laundering amid a campaign to combat the growing narcotic smuggling in the area, regional bankers said on Thursday, reports AFP
They said banks in most Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) state* had received Instruc tion* from monetary author! tie* to make more enquiries about their client* and tighten measures concerning the opening of accounts.
Many bank tn the region have *tarted the implementation of such measures and more banks are expected to
follow suit soon." one banker said.
The instructions from central banks were clear Bank* must do their best to help au thortttes In preventing money laundering."
The measure* Included Investigating the identity of a client to check the source of the money and ensure he is not using a shadow name. They also Involve presenting statements to central banks on operations over the past years.
The move follows a crackdown on money laundering in the western countries, particularly the United States
According to a United Arab
Emirate* (UAE) police expert, annual turnover from drug operation t* estimated at 300 bll-bon dollar world wide
Nearly one-third of this sum Is earned In the United Statea. Mohammad Abdul Rahman said in a study to a police conference in Dubai thi* week.
"But statements by organised crime group* di*clo*c only 40 per cent of their real income from drug*. In Colombia, they even disclose much les*.* Drugs seized tn the Gulf area have dramatically increased over the past two decade*. Interpol report* show an estimated eight towns
of drug* were seized in the . OCC in 1991 compared with Ie** than 200 kilogram* in 1970.
In Oman, the central banka has asked the nearly 20 banks to keep record* of all their financial transaction* for a period of at feast five year*, banker* said They were al*o asked to keep files about the Identity of chent*.
These measure* are de-* •igned to prevent any party from exploiting our banka and financial Institutions tn laundering drug money," an Omani bank manager lold AFP by telephone from Muscat