October 24 2016
Sri Lanka’s Financial Intelligence Unit has entered into an agreement with the Inland Revenue Department to fight money laundering and terror financing, the country’s Central Bank said on Monday. The agreement is to exchange information in order to facilitate investigations and prosecutions on money laundering and terror financing, Xinhua news agency reported.
“Money laundering and terror financing are internationally and domestically connected crimes which could threaten the stability of global economic and financial system,” a bank statement said.