House leader asks BSP to draft legislation vs. financial crimes
(PNA file photo) MANILA - House Ways and Means Committee chair Representative Joey Salceda on Friday said he will request the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to draft legislation on the country's targeted financial sanctions (TFS) framework to combat terrorism financing and proliferation financing. Salceda emphasized the need for the country to implement more effective targeted financial sanctions to convince the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to remove the Philippines from its "gray list" by next year. The FATF flagged the country for supposed inadequacies in the effective...