India has defended the Financial Action Task Force at the United Nations, saying countries under scrutiny should improve compliance instead of questioning the credibility of the global anti-terror financing watchdog.
According to an official FATF statement, Recommendation 6 requires countries to implement targeted financial sanctions in line with United Nations Security Council resolutions (UNSCRs) related to preventing and suppressing terrorism and terrorist financing.
Senior Indian bureaucrat Vivek Aggarwal has been elected Vice President of FATF, a development the government says reflects India's growing influence in global efforts against terror financing and illicit financial networks.
"India and the US held the 21st Meeting of the India-US Joint Working Group (JWG) on Counter Terrorism (CT) and the 7th Designations Dialogue on 3 December 2025 in New Delhi," a joint press release said on Saturday.
This recognition underscores India's growing influence in shaping international standards for asset recovery and financial crime enforcement.
Islamabad is buzzing with the impending news of Pakistan’s likely removal from the “grey list” of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global body which combats terror financing.
The development came late Friday when FATF President Marcus Pleyer announced conclusion of the four-day plenary session in Berlin and announced approval of Pakistan's performance report, adding that an onsite visit would be done before a formal announcement.
Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman attended the FATF Ministerial Meeting in Washington D.C. on 21st April 2022, conducted along-side the 2022 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Pakistan is the only country in the world that hosts thousands of terrorists, run terrorist training camps for global jihadis
Pakistan was retained on the grey list as the Paris-based UN watchdog judged it deficient in prosecuting the top leadership of UN Security Council-designated terror groups.
