Ministry of Interior: Associations under the microscope of the “Inquiry Cell” – New Algeria

The Ministry of Interior and local groups assumed instructions for the mayors to notify all local associations active at the country by registering on a platform for dealing with financial inquiries, and this is within the framework of assessing the risks of exploiting non -profit organizations and embodying the amendments brought by the law that is amended and completed Law No. 05 _ 01 dated in February 2005 related to the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing and their reward.

In dispersed instructions, the Umayyar finished to the heads of the municipal popular councils to the science of local associations on the need to register on a special platform, and this is an application of the provisions of Executive Decree No. 25-101 of March 12, 2025 and the implementation of the content of the Ministry of Interior correspondence and local groups and urban preparation related to registering associations in the aforementioned platform and this is in the context of assessing the risk of exploiting illegal organizations, and we mention, for example The instruction issued by the mayor of Zana Al -Bayda in the state of Batna and the other issued by the mayor of the Makarin of the state of Tafrat, who confirmed that this step concerns the freezing or reservation procedures in the context of preventing money laundering, terrorist financing and financing the proliferation of weapons Registration in one of the platforms, in order to see the list of targeted financial penalties and protect associations from exposure to the risks of exploitation, whitening and terrorist financing.

The Financial Inquiry Cell undertakes the receipt of statements on suspicion related to all money laundering operations and processing them by all appropriate means and ways. This cell also undertakes receiving and processing secret reports and media notes while informing the financial information of the security and judicial authorities when there are reasons on suspicion of money laundering or terrorist financing.

According to the aforementioned law, which came within the framework of the continuation of adapting national legislation to international obligations, especially with the recommendations of the Financial Working Group and with the development of this crime and the emergence of new technologies for money laundering, each non -profit association or organization collects or transferred money as part of its activity is subject to the appropriate monitoring by a specialized committee.

The non -profit associations or organizations must take a number of measures to warn against falling into the trap of financing unknown entities, or even accepting doubtful donations, including refraining from accepting any donations or financial aid that law considers a misdemeanor or a felony, whether from natural or moral people or even organizations or structures that have been proven involved inside or outside the soil of the Republic in activities related to terrorist crimes.

The associations are strictly prohibited from accepting any financial amounts in cash without a prior license from the competent ministry, as well as the supervision and control authority that aims to ensure that the funds of non -profit organizations are not used for money laundering, terrorist financing, and the financing of weapons of mass destruction.

The aforementioned authority assigned the tasks of developing practical programs and measures based on a risk -based approach with the aim of combating money laundering, terrorist financing, financing weapons and monitoring their implementation, conducting an evaluation of the dangers of money laundering, terrorist financing, financing of the spread of weapons associated with associations and non -profit organizations and ensuring that they are updated regularly, while ensuring the collection of information, data and statistics related to associations and non -targeted organizations For profit.

And the addition of associations, and the government sought the list of politically exposed persons: Algerians and foreigners assigned to them or who have been entrusted with prominent general tasks in Algeria or abroad, such as heads of states or governments, high -ranking politicians, government officials, high -ranking judicial officials, state -owned companies, senior officials of political parties, as well as the persons entrusted to them or who were entrusted with prominent tasks by an international organization Like members of the higher administration, including managers, deputies of managers, members of the boards of directors, or positions that are equivalent to them, this definition does not apply to people who hold moderate or more positionsto.

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