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日本推动将缅甸从全球金融监管机构黑名单中移除Japan pushes to remove Myanmar from global financial watchdog's blacklist

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日本推动将缅甸从全球金融监督黑名单中除名东京/曼谷,10月30日——日本正推动国际反洗钱金融行动特别工作组(FATF)将缅甸从黑名单中移除,以便在该国开展业务更加便利。这是部分主要国家试图让军政府“解冻”的最新迹象。

Exclusive - Japan pushes to remove Myanmar from global financial watchdog's blacklist By Tamiyuki Kihara and Poppy McPherson TOKYO/BANGKOK, Oct 30 - Japan is pushing a global financial crimes watchdog to remove Myanmar from its blacklist to make it easier to do business there, the latest sign that some major countries are looking to bring the pariah state's military-backed government in from the cold.

一位日本政府高级官员和另一位知情人士表示,日本希望FATF取消对成员国针对与缅甸进行金融交易实施加强筛查的要求,以避免洗钱和恐怖融资。

Japan wants the Financial Action Task Force to drop requirements that its members apply enhanced screening to financial transactions with Myanmar to avoid money laundering and terrorist financing, said a senior Japanese government official and another person familiar with the matter.

将缅甸从黑名单中移除,将减轻对该国军事政变夺权后仍处于审查之下的商业活动的检查力度。该国军方在2021年政变后上台执政,目前仍因诈骗中心和非法金融活动受到关注。

Removing Myanmar from the list would ease checks on business with a country whose military seized power in a 2021 coup and which remains under scrutiny over scam centres and illicit finance.

FATF黑名单上目前仅有的另外两个国家是伊朗和朝鲜。该40人机构将于周五在巴黎举行本年度第三次也是最后一次全体会议。

The only other countries currently on FATF's blacklist are Iran and North Korea. The 40-member body will conclude its third and last plenary meeting of the year in Paris on Friday.

目前尚不清楚是否即将发生变动,但第二位匿名人士透露,至少还有另一个主要亚洲国家在推动缅甸被移除。

It was not immediately clear whether a change is imminent, though the second source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said at least one other major Asian country was pushing for Myanmar's removal.

FATF秘书处发言人表示,会议正在进行中,讨论内容保密,黑名单的任何变动将在周五会议结束后公布。缅甸军政府发言人未回应置评请求。

A spokesperson for the FATF Secretariat said meetings were ongoing, discussions were confidential, and any changes to the blacklist would be announced after their conclusion on Friday. A spokesperson for Myanmar's military-backed government did not respond to a request for comment.

缅甸于2022年被列入黑名单,当时该国在政变后陷入动荡和广泛内战。

Myanmar was added to the blacklist in 2022 as the country plunged into turmoil and widespread civil war after the coup.

混乱局面助长了非法毒品生产、贩运以及金三角地区诈骗中心的扩张,其中一些由与军政府挂钩的民兵组织运营。

The chaos has fuelled illicit drug production, trafficking and the growth of industrial-scale scam centres in the Golden Triangle, some of them run by militia aligned to the military-backed government.

缅甸政府表示,它正在参与一项多国行动,以遏制诈骗中心。它还表示,一直在努力缉获毒品,并称毒品生产和贩运是由武装团体进行的。

Myanmar's government has said it is participating in a multinational effort to curb scam centres. It has also said it has been making efforts to seize narcotics and that drug production and trafficking is carried out by armed groups.

周一,路透社报道称,缅甸进口了来自伊朗的受制裁航空燃油,用于致命的轰炸行动,货物以虚假文件伪装。缅甸政府官员没有回应置评请求。

On Monday, Reuters reported Myanmar imported sanctioned jet fuel from Iran, used for deadly bombing campaigns, in shipments disguised with sham paperwork. Myanmar government officials did not return requests for comment.

外交接触:将缅甸从黑名单中移除,是包括日本在内的一些国家在缅甸领导人昂山素季于2021年2月被推翻后经历一段国际孤立时期之后,重新与缅甸接触的最新努力。

DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT The push to remove Myanmar from the blacklist is the latest effort by some nations including Japan to re-engage with Myanmar after a period of international isolation that followed the ousting of leader Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021.

由政变领导人转任总统的敏昂莱仍因侵犯人权而受到美国制裁,包括他在政变及随后镇压民众起义中所扮演的角色。

The coup leader-turned-president Min Aung Hlaing remains under US sanctions for human rights abuses, including for his role in the coup and the crushing of a popular uprising that followed.

美国上个月在内比都与缅甸军方支持的政府举行了直接会谈,这是政变以来最高级别的接触。这些会谈的重点是关闭诈骗中心,但可能为就缅甸丰富的稀土矿藏进行谈判铺平道路。这些会谈之后,本月早些时候又在东京迅速举行了更秘密的会谈。

The United States last month held direct talks with Myanmar's military-backed government in Naypyidaw, the highest-level contact since the coup. Those talks, which focused on shutting down scam centres but could pave the way for negotiations on access to Myanmar's abundant rare earth deposits, were quickly followed by more secretive talks in Tokyo earlier this month.

日本政府官员称,即使在政变后其他公司纷纷撤离,日本企业仍在缅甸保持了庞大的业务存在。日本认为,让缅甸脱离FATF黑名单,将使各国更容易在缅甸开展业务,并帮助其经济复苏。

Japan, whose companies have maintained a large corporate presence in Myanmar even as other firms fled following the coup, believes that getting Myanmar off FATF's blacklist will make it easier for countries to do business there and help its economy recover, the Japanese government official said.

缅甸于2022年10月被列入FATF的黑名单,正式名称为“高风险司法管辖区及呼吁采取行动名单”,此前缅甸错过了解决缺陷的最后期限。

Myanmar was added to FATF's blacklist, formally known as the High-Risk Jurisdictions Subject to a Call for Action list, in October 2022 after missing a deadline to address deficiencies.

这个全球监管机构当时表示,其成员必须对与缅甸的商业关系和交易进行强化尽职调查,同时确保用于人道主义目的、合法非营利活动和汇款的资金不会中断。

The global watchdog said at the time that its members must apply enhanced due diligence to business relations and transactions with Myanmar, while ensuring that funds for humanitarian purposes, legitimate non-profit activity and remittances were not disrupted.

在6月份的一份评估中,金融行动特别工作组(FATF)表示,缅甸已显示出一些进展,但亟需解决一些缺陷,包括确保洗钱行为得到调查和起诉,而网络诈骗产生的非法资金仍然令人担忧。

In a June assessment, FATF said Myanmar had demonstrated some progress but urgently needed to address deficiencies including ensuring money laundering was investigated and prosecuted, while illicit finance from cyberfraud remained a concern.

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