Announcement
Anura Kumara Dissanayake  ·  2026-08-04 14:02

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Today (04) in the morning at the President's Office, we joined a special discussion on the third mutual evaluation that Sri Lanka is facing on the international standards of Money Laundering and Prevention of Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT). I pointed out the need for the active contribution of all public and private institutions to make this third evaluation process, which confirms Sri Lanka's credibility in the international financial system, a national priority, and I mentioned that the related process can be successful if these institutions work in a well-coordinated manner. The measures taken to stop gambling through online technology and its progress as well as the progress of the establishment of the property management authority generated by crime are examined here. This morning (04) I attended the special discussion on the third mutual assessment Sri Lanka is facing in relation to international standards on money laundering and financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). Considering the success of this third evaluation process which confirms Sri Lanka's credibility in the international financial structure as a national priority, I pointed out the need to provide active contribution of all government and private companies, and I also mentioned that these companies can successfully end this process by working with better coordination. I asked about the measures taken to prevent online gambling and its progress, and about the progress of the work to establish the authority to manage the assets gained through criminal activities. I attended a special meeting at the Presidential Secretariat this morning (04) to review Sri Lanka's Third Mutual Evaluation on compliance with international standards on Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT). During the discussion, I emphasized that the successful completion of this third evaluation process is a national priority, as it is vital to strengthen Sri Lanka's credibility within the international financial system. I also stressed the importance of the active participation of all public and private sector institutions and highlighted that effective coordination among them is essential to ensuring a successful outcome. The meeting also reviewed the progress of measures taken to curb online gambling, as well as the establishment of the Authority for the Management of Proceeds of Crime.

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මුදල් විශුද්ධිකරණය සහ ත්‍රස්තවාදයට අරමුදල් සැපයීම වැළැක්වීමේ (AML/CFT) ජාත්‍යන්තර ප්‍රමිතීන් පිළිබඳව ශ්‍රී ලංකාව මුහුණ දෙන තෙවන අන්‍යෝන්‍ය ඇගයීම පිළිබඳ විශේෂ සාකච්ඡාවකට ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලයේදී අද (04) පෙරවරුවේ එක්වීමි. ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය පද්ධතිය තුළ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ විශ්වාසනීයභාවය තහවුරු කෙරෙන මෙම තෙවන ඇගයීම් ක්‍රියාවලිය සාර්ථක කර ගැනීම ජාතික ප්‍රමුඛතාවක් සේ සලකා සියලු රාජ්‍ය සහ පෞද්ගලික ආයතන වල සක්‍රීය දායකත්වය ලබා දීමේ අවශ්‍යතාව මෙහිදී පෙන්වා දුන් අතර, එම ආයතන මනා සම්බන්ධීකරණයකින් යුතුව කටයුතු කිරීමෙන් අදාළ ක්‍රියාවලිය සාර්ථක කරගත හැකි බවද සඳහන් කළෙමි. මාර්ගගත තාක්ෂණය ඔස්සේ සිදු වන සූදුව නැවැත්වීමට ගෙන ඇති ක්‍රියාමාර්ග සහ එහි ප්‍රගතිය මෙන්ම අපරාධයකින් උත්පාදිත දේපළ කළමනාකරණ අධිකාරිය පිහිටුවීමේ කටයුතුවල ප්‍රගතියද මෙහිදී විමසා බැලීමි. பணம் தூய்தாக்கல் மற்றும் பயங்கரவாதத்திற்கான நிதியளிப்பை ஒடுக்கும் (AML/CFT) சர்வதேச தரநிலைகள் தொடர்பாக இலங்கை எதிர்கொள்ளும் மூன்றாவது பரஸ்பர மதிப்பீடு குறித்த விசேட கலந்துரையாடலில் ஜனாதிபதி அலுவலகத்தில் இன்று (04) முற்பகல் கலந்துகொண்டேன். சர்வதேச நிதிக் கட்டமைப்பில் இலங்கையின் நம்பகத்தன்மையை உறுதிப்படுத்தும் இந்த மூன்றாவது மதிப்பீட்டுச் செயன்முறையை வெற்றிகரமாக்குவதை தேசிய முன்னுரிமையாகக் கருதி, அனைத்து அரச மற்றும் தனியார் நிறுவனங்களின் தீவிர பங்களிப்பை வழங்க வேண்டியதன் அவசியத்தை இங்கு சுட்டிக்காட்டியதுடன், அந்நிறுவனங்கள் சிறந்த ஒருங்கிணைப்புடன் செயல்படுவதன் மூலம் இச்செயன்முறையை வெற்றிகரமாக முடிவுக்குக் கொண்டுவர முடியும் என்றும் குறிப்பிட்டேன். ஒன்லைன் மூலம் இடம்பெறும் சூதாட்டங்களைத் தடுப்பதற்கு எடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ள நடவடிக்கைகள் மற்றும் அதன் முன்னேற்றம் குறித்தும், குற்றச் செயல்கள் மூலம் ஈட்டப்பட்ட சொத்துக்களை நிர்வகிக்கும் அதிகாரசபையை நிறுவுவதற்கான பணிகளின் முன்னேற்றம் குறித்தும் இதன்போது கேட்டறிந்தேன். I attended a special meeting at the Presidential Secretariat this morning (04) to review Sri Lanka's Third Mutual Evaluation on compliance with international standards on Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT). During the discussion, I emphasised that the successful completion of this third evaluation process is a national priority, as it is vital to strengthening Sri Lanka's credibility within the international financial system. I also stressed the importance of the active participation of all public and private sector institutions and highlighted that effective coordination among them is essential to ensuring a successful outcome. The meeting also reviewed the progress of measures taken to curb online gambling, as well as the establishment of the Authority for the Management of Proceeds of Crime.