Almotamar.net - Anti-money laundering committee chairman Ahmed Ahmed Ghaleb revealed Saturday that 7 suspect cases of money laundering in Yemen have been sent to prosecution in prelude to be referred to court.

The official told almotamar.net that the concerned authorities that since the beginning of year 2006 seven money laundering suspect cases were discovered and were rendered to prosecution for investigation which revealed that three cases only proved to be involves in money laundering, whereas the other four were clean.

In the same context Mr. Ghaleb said reply to the questionnaire sent to the Yemeni republic from the Working Group of Finance in the Middle East and North Africa regarding Yemen's measures of fighting money laundering and funding terror was approved on Saturday. The reply will be sent to the Group on the 6th of this month.

He said the aim of the questionnaire is to learn the extent of countries' commitment to international criteria and relevant recommendations regarding money laundering and financing terror whether concerning legislations or applications and measures taken in this respect.