Israel remains on a list of countries considered international money laundering centers. The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force said Israel had enacted most, if not all, legislation needed to fight money laundering. Just the same, the group did not remove Israel from the list of 15 states it had identified in June 2000 as “non-cooperative” in the global fight against money laundering.
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