With the constant strengthening of AML regulation and enhancing transparency around the globe, the Seychelles has already enacted the Beneficial Ownership (BO) Act 2020, which entered into force on 28 August 2020, along with the BO Regulations 2020. The purpose of the Act is threefold: to provide for the identification and verification of beneficial ownership of legal persons and legal arrangements, to establish and maintain up-to-date registers of beneficial owners and a centralised database, and related matters.
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