Gains, but laundering still a risk

Cambodia has been listed among the “most improved” nations in a newly released global index charting risk from money laundering, though it is still rated the sixth most vulnerable among 152 countries.

The 2015 Basel Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Index, published by Switzerland-based NGO the Basel Institute on Governance, saw Cambodia drop three places on the list, having come third behind Iran and Afghanistan in each of the three previous years the index was published.

It is now rated to be less vulnerable than Tajikistan, Guinea-Bissau and Mali.

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