Philippines avoids money-laundering blacklist

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an intergovernmental body, has upgraded the Philippines to its “gray list” of countries making sufficient progress in their action plans, President Benigno Aquino's spokeswoman Abigail Valte said.

“These reforms (prevented) the Philippines from being classified and downgraded to the 'black list,' which would have resulted in stricter inspections of financial transactions in the country,” she said in a statement.

The Philippines was previously in the FATF's “dark gray list” of jurisdictions deemed not to be making sufficient progress.

The FATF levied a blacklist threat earlier this year, calling for greater state powers to make it easier to scrutinize bank accounts, as well as casinos, foreign exchange traders and other nonbank entities.

Two bills were passed on June 6 expanding powers to investigate bank accounts, but parliament failed to agree on a third bill to allow greater inspection of non-bank entities.

The FATF was not immediately reachable for verification Saturday and its website still listed the Philippines as among the countries not making sufficient progress.

The FATF is made up of 187 member countries with the aim of making the international financial system off-limits to criminals.

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