الرأس الأخضر KYC, KYB & AML compliance checklist
قائمة عملية وموثقة بالمصادر لتنفيذ متطلبات KYC وKYB وAML في الرأس الأخضر.
- تاريخ آخر مراجعة
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- الإصدار
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إجابة مباشرة
ما الذي تغطيه قائمة الامتثال الخاصة بـ الرأس الأخضر؟
تحوّل قائمة الرأس الأخضر قواعد KYC وKYB وAML الأساسية إلى 11 مجالات رقابية و46 فحوص تنفيذ، وتشمل الجهات المختصة وواجبات الإبلاغ والأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها.
حقائق تنظيمية أساسية
- Primary AML law
- Law No. 38/VII/2009, republished by Law No. 120/VIII/2016
- Financial intelligence unit
- Unidade de Informação Financeira (UIF)
- STR timing
- Immediately on knowledge, suspicion or sufficient grounds
- Cash threshold reports
- CVE 1,000,000 for listed cash operations, including linked operations
- General occasional CDD
- CVE 1,000,000, including apparently linked transactions
- Core AML retention
- At least 7 years under transaction- and relationship-specific clocks
- Beneficial ownership
- Identify the natural person who ultimately owns or controls, or on whose behalf activity occurs
- Financial supervisor
- Banco de Cabo Verde (BCV) for BCV-supervised financial entities
- Privacy authority
- Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD)
- Data-breach notice
- Notify CNPD within 72 hours unless the breach is unlikely to create risk
- FATF public lists
- Not named in the 19 June 2026 public statements
تفاصيل التنفيذ
متطلبات وإجراءات الامتثال في الرأس الأخضر
افتح كل مجال لمراجعة المتطلب وإجراء التنفيذ المقترح والأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها والمصدر الأساسي.
01Scope, authorities and regulated activitiesResolve the entity, activity, supervisor and reporting perimeter before onboarding or launch.4 عناصر+
The AML law applies to listed financial institutions and designated non-financial businesses and professions headquartered in Cabo Verde, including their branches, subsidiaries and other representations at home or abroad.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Map each entity, product, branch, agent, distributor and outsourced function to the statutory list and document the competent supervisor.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Perimeter memorandum, entity-product map, licences and supervisor correspondence.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, arts. 4, 5 and 7
UIF is the national centre for receiving, requesting, analysing and disseminating information arising from suspicious-transaction reports.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Appoint an authorised reporting contact and obtain the current UIF form, channel, access and acknowledgement instructions before production reporting.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Appointment, access record, reporting procedure, test and acknowledgements.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Decree-Law No. 9/2012; Law No. 120/VIII/2016, arts. 5-6 and 34
BCV regulates and supervises financial institutions for compliance with the AML law and its sector notices.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Classify every financial service and obtain the required BCV authorisation and registration before launch.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Classification, authorisation, registration, conditions and service map.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, arts. 5-7; Financial System Framework Law and LAIF
Professional virtual-asset activity in Cabo Verde requires prior registration with BCV and remains subject to AML/CFT obligations.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Do not provide exchange, transfer, custody, administration or related virtual-asset services until the BCV registration and any other required approval are effective.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Service analysis, application, BCV registration, conditions and control implementation.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 30/X/2023, arts. 2-3; BCV Notice No. 2/2024
02Governance, risk assessment and control ownershipBuild documented, risk-based controls with accountable governance.4 عناصر+
Reporting entities must identify, assess, understand, document and keep current their customer, geographic, product, transaction and delivery-channel ML risks.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Approve a methodology, assess risks before launch and on material change, and make the assessment available to the competent authorities.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Risk assessment, methodology, source data, change log and approvals.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, art. 10(4)-(6)
Written policies, procedures and controls must be approved by senior management and proportionate to the entity's nature, size and activity.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Maintain a control framework covering CDD, BO, PEPs, sanctions, monitoring, reporting, records, training and group controls.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Policy suite, control library, approvals, testing and remediation.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, arts. 10 and 28
Reporting entities must designate a management-level compliance owner and maintain independent internal control and audit arrangements.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Approve the mandate, authority, resources, access, escalation rights and independent assurance plan.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Appointment, mandate, board reporting, audit plan and reports.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, art. 28
Employees and managers require continuous, role-appropriate AML training, and training records are retained for five years.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Deliver induction and periodic training, test understanding and retain attendance, content and results for the statutory period.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Training plan, materials, attendance, test results and five-year archive.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, art. 29
03Natural-person identification and CDDIdentify and verify customers, representatives and ultimate actors using valid independent evidence.5 عناصر+
Customers and beneficial owners must be identified and verified when opening an account or establishing a business relationship.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Capture the statutory natural-person attributes and verify them against a valid official document bearing photograph and signature.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- CDD file, document provenance, verification result, purpose and risk decision.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, arts. 12 and 14
CDD also applies to occasional transactions and domestic or international transfers at or above CVE 1,000,000, including apparently linked transactions.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Aggregate linked activity across channels and block completion until identification and verification are complete.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Aggregation logic, threshold tests, CDD file and release decision.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, arts. 12(2) and 15(2)
Suspicion or doubt about previously obtained identification triggers CDD regardless of amount or exemption.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Refresh and independently verify the customer, representative and beneficial owner without applying a monetary floor.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Trigger record, refreshed evidence, investigation and decision.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, arts. 12(2)(d)-(e) and 15(2)
Anonymous, numbered, coded, fictitious-name and otherwise unidentified relationships are prohibited.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Block activation and transaction capability until the required actors are identified and verified.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Account controls, test results and rejected-case log.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, art. 12(3)
Representatives must be identified and their authority to act verified.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Verify the representative's identity, mandate, scope, validity and relationship to the customer before accepting instructions.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Identity file, mandate, authority check and expiry monitoring.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, arts. 12(7), 14 and 15
04KYB, authority and beneficial ownershipVerify legal existence, representatives, ownership and ultimate natural-person control.4 عناصر+
Legal-person identification includes name, nature and legal form, registered office, managers or directors and persons empowered to bind the entity.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Obtain a current commercial-registry certificate, constitutive documents, tax identifier, governing body and authority evidence; reconcile inconsistencies.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Registry certificate, statutes, NIF, officer list, mandates and discrepancy log.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, art. 14(3)-(4); Commercial Registration Code
Reporting entities must understand the customer's ownership and control structure and determine the natural person who ultimately owns or controls it.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Trace every ownership and control layer to natural persons and document the statutory conclusion without substituting an unsupported universal percentage.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Ownership chart, control analysis, source records and verified BO files.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, arts. 2, 12 and 15
Where the customer may be acting for another person, the entity must identify the person or entity on whose behalf the customer acts, including beneficial owners.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Investigate nominee, agency and third-party funding indicators and verify the ultimate actor before proceeding.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Agency analysis, declarations, source evidence and escalation record.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, art. 12(6)
Commercial-register information must be kept updated, but the reviewed authoritative material does not establish a comprehensive public national BO register with a universal filing percentage.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Verify basic registry information and independently establish ownership and control; confirm current BO filing rules with DGRNI and counsel.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Registry extracts, customer ownership evidence, independent corroboration and update log.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Commercial Registration Code, art. 13; GIABA 2019 MER, Recommendation 24; controlled uncertainty
05PEPs, enhanced due diligence and relianceApply stronger approval, evidence and monitoring where risk is higher.5 عناصر+
The PEP framework covers domestic and foreign PEPs, relevant international-organisation functions, family members and recognised close associates.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Screen customers, beneficial owners, controllers and representatives at onboarding, list updates and periodic review.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Screening, match rationale, relationship mapping and review record.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, art. 2 definitions and art. 24
PEP relationships require risk-based identification, senior-management approval, source-of-wealth and source-of-funds measures and enhanced continuous monitoring.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Obtain supported source evidence and senior approval before establishing or continuing the relationship.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Source file, approval, monitoring plan and alert reviews.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, art. 24
Former PEP controls continue while the person's profile or activity presents increased ML risk; the law does not set a fixed exit period.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Document a risk-based decision before reducing controls and continue enhanced treatment while residual risk remains.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Former-PEP assessment, approval and periodic review.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, art. 24(2)
Remote and anonymity-favouring activity requires enhanced measures and may be supplemented with additional documents or information.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Authenticate evidence, apply independent checks and escalate higher-risk remote cases without assuming one technology is legally sufficient.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Remote-onboarding standard, vendor review, tests and exceptions.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, arts. 10(5) and 22(3)-(4)
Reliance on a third party does not transfer the reporting entity's responsibility.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Confirm equivalent obligations and supervision, obtain identity material immediately on request, contract for access and test retrieval.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Third-party due diligence, agreement, retrieval test and exceptions.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, art. 20
06Failed CDD, monitoring and suspicious reportingStop unsafe activity, monitor continuously and report suspicion immediately and confidentially.5 عناصر+
If required ownership, control, purpose, identity or source/destination information cannot be obtained, the relationship or operation must be refused or ended and an STR considered.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Operate a controlled block or exit and preserve the confidential STR decision.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Failure reason, block, closure, analysis, STR and acknowledgement.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, arts. 15(3), 21 and 22(7)
Unusual, complex, high-volume, atypical or apparently purposeless activity requires careful examination and a written record.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Investigate the nature, purpose, frequency, actors, amount, source, destination and payment method and retain the analysis.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Alerts, cases, supporting evidence, written examination and approval.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, arts. 22 and 26
An STR is sent to UIF immediately when the entity knows, suspects or has sufficient grounds to suspect completed, ongoing or attempted laundering activity.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Timestamp the trigger and submit through the current UIF route without waiting for proof or a completed transaction.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Internal report, analysis, STR, UIF receipt and timeline.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, art. 34(1)
The entity must abstain from executing suspected activity and notify UIF, subject to the statutory exception where suspension is impossible or could prejudice prevention or investigation.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Govern holds, urgent consultation, lawful post-execution reporting and restricted communications.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Hold decision, exception rationale, UIF contact, receipt and access log.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, art. 32
The existence of an STR, UIF request or investigation must not be disclosed to the customer or an unauthorised third party.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Restrict access, use neutral customer communications and log every disclosure and escalation.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Tipping-off policy, access controls, communications and testing.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, art. 33
07Wires, thresholds, payments and agentsKeep CDD triggers, cash reports, wire information and product licensing distinct.5 عناصر+
Listed cash operations at or above CVE 1,000,000 must be reported to UIF regardless of suspicion, including apparently linked operations and subject to the statutory activity-based exception.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Configure aggregation by customer and connected activity, apply the exact covered categories and retain report receipts and exception rationale.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Configuration, tests, reports, receipts and exception record.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, art. 34(2)-(4)
Cross-border physical carriage of currency, bearer instruments or electronic money at or above CVE 1,000,000 requires a written customs declaration.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Do not treat the border declaration as an ordinary customer-reporting threshold; give travellers current customs instructions where relevant.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Procedure, declaration guidance and escalation record.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, art. 11
Domestic wire transfers require specified originator and beneficiary names, account or unique reference data and alternative originator identity information.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Validate mandatory fields before release and preserve the complete payment-chain record.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Field matrix, validation, repair queue, samples and decisions.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, art. 27(1)-(2)
Cross-border transfers at or above CVE 1,000,000 must carry the required originator information throughout the payment chain; deficient transfers require risk-based execute, reject or suspend decisions.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Implement field validation, repair, reject, suspend, beneficiary verification and follow-up rules.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Payment messages, repair requests, decisions, monitoring and tests.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, art. 27(3)-(11)
Money or value transfer providers must maintain an up-to-date agent list and include agents within their AML programme and monitoring.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Maintain the regulator-ready agent register, due diligence, training, control testing and termination process.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Agent register, contracts, training, monitoring and remediation.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, art. 18
08Targeted financial sanctions and proliferation riskScreen, freeze, restrict and report under the current UN and domestic implementation framework.3 عناصر+
Relevant UN Security Council resolutions take effect in Cabo Verde's legal order, and terrorist-fund freezes require immediate implementation.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Maintain current UN lists, screen customers and transactions, prevent dealing and escalate true matches immediately.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- List inventory, update logs, screening, match decision and freeze record.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Constitution of Cabo Verde, art. 12(3); Law No. 119/VIII/2016; BCV/AGMVM AML/CFT portal
Terrorist-financing and proliferation-financing targeted-sanctions implementation has documented technical-compliance gaps in GIABA assessments.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Obtain current BCV, UIF, prosecutor or other competent-authority instructions for the specific designation and do not invent a notification deadline or release route.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Legal update, authority correspondence, notification, direction and release decision.
- المصدر الأساسي
- GIABA 2019 MER and 2021 FUR, Recommendations 6-7; controlled procedure uncertainty
Virtual-asset service providers are subject to the communications, reporting and monitoring framework applicable to terrorist- and proliferation-related targeted sanctions.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Integrate UN-list screening, asset controls and authority escalation into the registered VASP control framework.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- VASP policy, screening configuration, tests, escalation and reports.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 30/X/2023, art. 3; GIABA sixth enhanced FUR 2025, Recommendation 15
09Records, access and assuranceRetain reconstructable records under the correct statutory clock.4 عناصر+
Identity, beneficial-owner and transaction records and required written reports are retained for at least seven years after the transaction or end of the relationship, as applicable.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Map every record class to its transaction- or relationship-based clock and apply legal holds.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Retention schedule, configuration, samples and deletion tests.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, art. 25(1)
Financial institutions retain account-opening forms and related correspondence for at least seven years after account closure or the end of the relationship.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Link account records to the relationship closure event and test complete retrieval.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Archive configuration, closure trigger, sample and retrieval log.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, art. 25(2)
Required records must be supplied to UIF and competent authorities on request.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Index linked identity, transaction, investigation and reporting evidence and test controlled export.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Request register, retrieval tests, access logs and response package.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, arts. 25(3) and 31
Wire originator and beneficiary information is retained under the general seven-year rule.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Preserve complete payment messages, repairs, screening and disposition evidence for reconstructability.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Wire archive, reconstruction test and exception records.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, arts. 25 and 27(11)
10Privacy, biometrics, breaches and transfersApply the amended personal-data framework alongside mandatory AML processing.5 عناصر+
Personal-data processing must respect privacy and data-protection rights and have a lawful basis, specified purpose, proportionate scope, accuracy, security and retention controls.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Inventory KYC, BO, screening, monitoring and reporting data and document purpose, basis, recipients, access and retention.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Processing register, basis assessment, notices, access matrix and retention map.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 133/V/2001 as amended by Law No. 121/IX/2021, arts. 4, 6 and 7
Biometric data are special-category data and processing is prohibited unless a statutory exception or CNPD authorisation applies.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Before facial, fingerprint, liveness-template or comparable biometric use, document the exact exception, necessity, safeguards and notification or authorisation requirements.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Legal assessment, consent where applicable, CNPD filing, encryption and access tests.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Amended personal-data law, arts. 5 and 8
High-risk processing requires a DPIA before processing and before notification to CNPD, including large-scale special-data processing and qualifying automated profiling.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Complete the DPIA, obtain DPO advice where appointed, communicate the result with the required CNPD notification and track remediation.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- DPIA, DPO opinion, CNPD submission and remediation.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Amended personal-data law, art. 29
A personal-data breach must be notified to CNPD within 72 hours after awareness unless it is unlikely to create risk; a high-risk breach is communicated to affected people without unjustified delay.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Run a documented breach-triage clock, preserve the risk analysis and issue required notices with consequences and mitigation.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Incident log, awareness time, risk assessment, notices, receipts and remediation.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Amended personal-data law, arts. 27-28
Foreign transfers require an adequate protection level determined by CNPD or a statutory derogation or CNPD-authorised safeguards.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Map hosting, support and vendor destinations and document the adequacy, derogation or authorised contractual safeguards before transfer.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Transfer map, adequacy decision, derogation analysis, safeguards and CNPD authorisation.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Amended personal-data law, arts. 35-36
11Practical evidence packs and change controlMake every acceptance, escalation and regulatory decision reconstructable.2 عناصر+
A complete customer file links identity, KYB, BO, screening, risk, approval, monitoring and reporting decisions.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Block activation where mandatory evidence or approval is missing and preserve the release decision.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Control checklist, linked file, approvals and release log.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016, arts. 8-34
Thresholds, UIF routes, sanctions directions, registers, licences and privacy procedures are time-sensitive.
- إجراء التنفيذ
- Assign owners to monitor UIF, BCV, DGRNI, CNPD, the Official Gazette, FATF and GIABA on a documented schedule.
- الأدلة الواجب الاحتفاظ بها
- Legal inventory, source log, change assessment and implementation tickets.
- المصدر الأساسي
- Official sources listed below
سجل المصادر الأساسية
15 مصدرًا مستخدمًا في هذه القائمة
استخدم هذه الروابط للتحقق من التشريعات وإرشادات الجهات الرقابية وإجراءات الإبلاغ والبيانات الدولية.
- Law No. 120/VIII/2016 republishing the amended AML lawBanco de Cabo Verde · Primary legislation
- BCV anti-money-laundering framework and supervisory roleBanco de Cabo Verde · Official regulator guidance
- UIF official role and mandateMinistry of Justice, Cabo Verde · Official FIU guidance
- BCV Notice No. 5/2017 AML/CFT preventive controlsBanco de Cabo Verde · Primary regulator rule
- Law No. 119/VIII/2016 on terrorism and terrorist financingOfficial Gazette of Cabo Verde · Primary legislation
- UN sanctions and AML/CFT resourcesBanco de Cabo Verde / AGMVM · Official regulator guidance
- Law No. 30/X/2023 on virtual assets and digital banksBanco de Cabo Verde · Primary legislation
- BCV announcement of Notice No. 2/2024 for VASP registrationBanco de Cabo Verde · Official regulator guidance
- Company and registry services portalMinistry of Justice, Cabo Verde · Official registry portal
- Law No. 121/IX/2021 amending the personal-data regimeComissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados · Primary legislation
- CNPD legislation indexComissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados · Official authority index
- Cabo Verde sixth enhanced follow-up report - May 2025FATF / GIABA · Authoritative follow-up assessment
- Cabo Verde mutual evaluation report - 2019FATF / GIABA · Authoritative mutual evaluation
- Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring - 19 June 2026FATF · Authoritative public statement
- High-Risk Jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action - 19 June 2026FATF · Authoritative public statement
إجابات مباشرة
أسئلة KYC وKYB وAML في الرأس الأخضر
Who receives suspicious transaction reports in Cabo Verde?+
The Unidade de Informação Financeira (UIF) receives reports through its current prescribed channel.
When is an STR due?+
Immediately when the reporting entity knows, suspects or has sufficient grounds to suspect that completed, ongoing or attempted activity may constitute money laundering.
What cash-reporting threshold applies?+
Listed cash operations at or above CVE 1,000,000, including apparently linked operations, are reported to UIF regardless of suspicion, subject to the exact statutory categories and exception.
When does general occasional-transaction CDD apply?+
At or above CVE 1,000,000 for one or apparently linked occasional transactions, and regardless of amount when suspicion or identification doubt exists.
What beneficial-ownership test applies?+
Identify the natural person who ultimately owns or controls the customer, or on whose behalf a transaction occurs. The reviewed primary AML law does not set a universal ownership percentage.
How long are AML records kept?+
Core identity, beneficial-owner, transaction and written-analysis records are kept for at least seven years under the applicable transaction or relationship clock.
Must virtual-asset service providers register?+
Yes. Professional virtual-asset activity in Cabo Verde requires prior BCV registration under Law No. 30/X/2023 and Notice No. 2/2024 and remains subject to AML/CFT duties.
What privacy breach deadline applies?+
Notify CNPD within 72 hours after awareness unless the breach is unlikely to create risk; communicate a high-risk breach to affected people without unjustified delay.
Is Cabo Verde on a FATF public list?+
No. Cabo Verde was not named in FATF's 19 June 2026 increased-monitoring or call-for-action statements, though GIABA kept it in enhanced follow-up in May 2025.
منهجية البحث والمراجعة
تحدد VOVE ID Compliance Research النطاق التنظيمي، وتحول الالتزامات إلى ضوابط تشغيلية، وتربط الادعاءات الجوهرية بالمصادر، وتسجل تاريخ وإصدار كل مراجعة.
This checklist is general regulatory information, not legal advice or a licence determination. It reflects primary and authoritative materials reviewed on 28 July 2026. Confirm the live UIF filing route and forms, BCV and sector instructions, targeted-financial-sanctions workflow, company and beneficial-ownership filing requirements, data-protection notifications, product licences and all later legal changes with the competent authority and qualified Cabo Verdean counsel before launch.