The now former governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia, Chedly Ayari was removed is removed from office at the institution’s head. A dismissal which followed the decision of the European Parliament, Wednesday, February 7, dXCHARXinscrire Tunisia on the blacklist of countries not fighting enough against the dXCHARXargent laundering and terrorist financing.
The decision comes just after the country was removed from the list of tax havens by the European Union.
The response of Tunisia does not have to wait with this measure the Tunisian Prime Minister, Youssef Chahed, who responded almost immediately, and taking Chedly Ayari, aged 84 years.
The European Parliament followed the recommendations of the FATF (Financial dXCHARXaction Group), an international fight against money laundering and terrorist financing. It was launched in November 2017. lXCHARXalerte Tunisia is classified as high-risk countries and non-cooperative. On this list are countries like Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria or Yemen.
The governor should thus return to Marouane Abassi was proposed Wednesday by the head of government .. Economist in chief of the World Bank Group since January 2008, he coordinates the country program for Libya and was appointed representative World Bank in Libya in November 2010.
