The once-renowned money-laundering haven of Cyprus, has announced that the country will join Ghana and Kenya in implementing an Ultimate Beneficial Ownership (UBO) register, to comply with European Union regulations.
The registry, which will require registered companies to disclose true beneficiaries “prevents the use of companies for laundering illicit proceeds and financing terrorism”, according to the country’s Commerce and Energy Minister Natasa Peleidou.
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