Lebanon regulates AML/CTF through the Special Investigation Commission at Banque du Liban and Law No. 44 of 2015, and remains on the FATF grey list. See the obligations and how MemberCheck supports them.
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Lebanon regulates money laundering and terrorism financing through Law No. 44 of 2015, supported by the Special Investigation Commission at Banque du Liban, an independent body that is both the financial intelligence unit, receiving and investigating suspicious transaction reports, and the AML/CTF supervisor, examining reporting entities for compliance through its Compliance Unit. Lebanon has been on the FATF's list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring since October 2024, and firms should factor this heightened risk status into jurisdiction-risk assessments alongside Lebanon's MENAFATF membership.
Financial institutions and designated businesses must run customer due diligence, identify beneficial owners, monitor transactions, and report suspicious activity to the SIC. Supervisors expect documented risk assessments, sound record keeping, and controls proportionate to the risks a firm faces.
MemberCheck helps teams meet these obligations by screening customers and entities against global sanctions, PEP, and adverse-media data, verifying identities, and monitoring risk continuously, with a clear audit trail behind every decision.
Lebanon's financial intelligence unit, an independent body at Banque du Liban. It receives, analyses, and investigates suspicious transaction reports and can lift banking secrecy on relevant accounts. Its Compliance Unit is also the AML/CTF supervisor, examining banks, financial institutions, and other reporting entities on a risk-based basis.
Lebanon's principal AML statute on Fighting Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing. It sets customer due diligence, record-keeping, and reporting duties for financial institutions and designated businesses.
Lebanon has been on the FATF's list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring since October 2024, reflecting strategic deficiencies in its AML/CTF regime that it has committed to address. A Lebanese nexus warrants heightened jurisdiction-risk screening.
Lebanon is also a member of the Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force, a FATF-style regional body that promotes the FATF standards across the region.
The Special Investigation Commission (SIC), an independent body at Banque du Liban, holds both roles. As the financial intelligence unit it receives, analyses, and investigates suspicious transaction reports and can lift banking secrecy. Its Compliance Unit is the AML/CTF supervisor, running risk-based compliance examinations of banks, financial institutions, and other reporting entities, including at financial group level.
Law No. 44 of 2015 on Fighting Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing is Lebanon's principal AML statute, setting customer due diligence, record-keeping, and suspicious transaction reporting obligations.
Yes. Lebanon has been on the FATF's list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring (the grey list) since October 2024, and remained there as of the June 2026 plenary. Lebanon is also a member of MENAFATF, the FATF-style regional body for the Middle East and North Africa, and aligns its AML/CTF regime with the FATF 40 Recommendations.
MemberCheck screens customers and entities against global sanctions, PEP, and adverse-media data, verifies identities, and monitors risk continuously, with an audit trail behind every decision.
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