MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA FINANCIAL ACTION TASK FORCE FINANCIAL ACTION TASK FORCE Mutual Evaluation Report Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 25 June 2010 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a member of the Middle East & North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF). It is also a member of the Gulf Co-operation Council, which is a member of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The Mutual Evaluation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was conducted as a joint exercise between the MENAFATF and the FATF. The Mutual Evaluation Report was considered and adopted by the MENAFATF at its plenary meeting in Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia on 4 May 2010, and then by the FATF at its plenary in Amsterdam on 25 June 2010, which introduced limited changes to it. © 2010 FATF/OECD. All rights reserved. No reproduction or translation of this publication may be made without prior written permission. Requests for permission to further disseminate, reproduce or translate all or part of this publication should be made to the FATF Secretariat, 2 rue André Pascal 75775 Paris Cedex 16, France (fax +33 1 44 30 61 37 or e-mail:
[email protected]) Mutual Evaluation Report of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE INFORMATION AND METHODOLOGY USED FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA .................................................................................................................. 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................