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Dow Jones Risk & Compliance Country Profile: Updated 09 November 2010

Country: Bahrain

Official Name: Mamlakat al-Bahrayn/Kingdom of Bahrain

Capital: Manama

Location: Middle East

Languages: Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu

Population: 0.74m (2010 estimate)

GDP Per Capita: $38,800 purchasing power parity (2009 estimate)

Government Type: Constitutional monarchy

Forthcoming Elections: Parliamentary 2014

TransparencyInternationa l Corruption

Perceptions I ndex2010 Ranking:

2009 Ranking:2008 Ranking:


2005 Ranking:

2004 Ranking:

48 (1 = least corrupt, 178 = most corrupt)46 (1 = least corrupt, 180 = most corrupt)

43 (1 = least corrupt, 180 = most corrupt)

46 (1 = least corrupt, 179 = most corrupt)36 (1 = least corrupt, 163 = most corrupt)36 (1 = least corrupt, 158 = most corrupt)

34 (1 = least corrupt, 145 = most corrupt)

TransparencyInternationa l Corruption

Perceptions I ndex2010 Score:2009 Score:2008 Score:

2007 Score:2006 Score:2005 Score:

2004 Score:

4.9 (0 = most corrupt, 10 = least corrupt)

5.1 (0 = most corrupt, 10 = least corrupt)5.4 (0 = most corrupt, 10 = least corrupt)


5.7 (0 = most corrupt, 10 = least corrupt)5.8 (0 = most corrupt, 10 = least corrupt)



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UNDP HumanDevelopment Index

2010 Ranking:2009 Ranking:2008 Ranking:

2007 Ranking:

2006 Ranking:2005 Ranking:2004 Ranking:


39 (1 = most developed, 169 = least developed)

39 (1 = most developed, 182 = least developed)32 (1 = most developed, 179 = least developed)





FATF Non-CooperativeCountry or Territory

(NCCT)?

No

FATF Strategic

Deficiencies Jurisdiction?

No

OECD List of Unco-

operative Tax Havens?

No

Subject to US Treasury

Office of Foreign Assets

Control Sanctions

No

Financial Intelligence

Unit

Anti-Money Laundering Unit

Source: FinancialIntelligence Unit

http://www.bahrainfiu.gov.bh/index.asp

Member of Egmont Group Yes

Member of FATF (since) Yes

FATF Mutual EvaluationReport available?

No

Key Anti-MoneyLaundering (AML)

regulation

Law 4/2001 For Prohibition Combating of MoneyLaundering

Link to key AMLregulation

http://www.bahrainfiu.gov.bh/regulations/Law_4_2001

.pdf
http://www.bahrainfiu.gov.bh/index.asphttp://www.bahrainfiu.gov.bh/index.asphttp://www.bahrainfiu.gov.bh/regulations/Law_4_2001.pdfhttp://www.bahrainfiu.gov.bh/regulations/Law_4_2001.pdfhttp://www.bahrainfiu.gov.bh/regulations/Law_4_2001.pdfhttp://www.bahrainfiu.gov.bh/regulations/Law_4_2001.pdfhttp://www.bahrainfiu.gov.bh/regulations/Law_4_2001.pdfhttp://www.bahrainfiu.gov.bh/index.asp


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Key Counter TerrorismFinancing regulation

Decree No. 58 of 2006 governing the Protection ofSociety from Terrorism Acts

Signatory of United

Nations ConventionAgainst Corruption (date

signed)

Yes (08-Feb-2005)

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