Prime Minister Sherif Ismail issued on Sunday a decision to form the board of trustees of the money laundering and terrorism combat unit under the chairmanship of Counselor Ahmed Saeed Khalil, deputy president of the Court of Cassation. 

The board members include Gamal Mohammad Abdel Aziz, deputy governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), Sherif Samir, head of the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (EFSA), Counselor Hisham Samir Sobhi, representative of the general prosecution and Hisham Ahmed Okasha, a representative of Federation Of Egyptian Banks.

The board lineup also includes Ahmed Ashraf, in his capacity as deputy finance minister for monetary policy and an expert in the financial and banking affairs, Counselor Sherif el Shazli, in his capacity as chief of the legislative affairs secretariat at the cabinet and a legal expert in money laundry and terrorism combat as well as chief of the Money Laundering Combating Unit.

The decision, published in the Gazette, will be enforced as of September 19 for a two-year term.

Source: MENA