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The Anti-Money Laundering Council is an executive council mandated to protect and preserve the integrity and confidentiality of bank accounts and to ensure that the Philippines shall not be used as a money laundering site for the proceeds of any unlawful activity. It also extends cooperation in transnational investigations and prosecutions of persons involved in money laundering activities wherever committed. The council is composed of the Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) as Chairman and the Commissioner of the Insurance Commission (IC) and the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as members. It acts unanimously in the discharge of its functions. The council may inquire into or examine any particular deposit or investment with any banking institution or non-bank financial institution upon order of any competent court in cases of violation of the AMLA when it has been established that there is probable cause that the deposits or investments involved are in any way related to a money laundering offense. The AMLC may file before Court of Appeals, before the verified application ex parte (without notice to the other party) after determination that probable cause exists that any monetary instrument or property is in any way related to an unlawful activity. The freeze order shall be effective immediately. The freeze order shall be for a period of 20 days unless extended by the court. The AMLC is assisted by a Secretariat headed by an Executive Director and consists of five (5) units: * Compliance and Investigation Group (CIG) * Legal Evaluation Group (LEG) * Information Management and Analysis Group (IMAG) * Technical Services Staff (TSS) and the Administrative and Financial Services Division (AFSD). ==Roles of AMLC== * Criminalizes money laundering * Creates a financial intelligence unit * Imposes requirements on customer identification, record keeping and reporting of covered and suspicious transactions * Relaxes strict bank deposits secrecy laws * Provides for bank inquiry and freeze ex parte petition/seizure/forfeiture/recovery of dirty money/property * Provides for international cooperation 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anti-Money Laundering Council (Philippines)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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