Politically Exposed Person - Politically Exposed Foreign Person or PEFP (Canada)

Politically Exposed Foreign Person or PEFP (Canada)

Canadian anti-money laundering legislation requires financial institutions to determine if clients are Politically Exposed Foreign Persons (PEFPs). This Canadian term shows a large degree of overlap with the politically exposed person (PEP) definition used in most other countries in the world, and is also comparable to the "senior foreign political figure" as outlined in the USA PATRIOT Act.

The Canadian PEFP definition is:

"Politically exposed foreign person - means a person who holds or has ever held one of the following offices or positions in or on behalf of a foreign state:
(a) head of state or head of government;
(b) member of the executive council of government or member of a legislature;
(c) deputy minister or equivalent rank;
(d) ambassador or attaché or counsellor of an ambassador;
(e) military officer with a rank of general or above;
(f) president of a state-owned company or a state-owned bank;
(g) head of a government agency;
(h) judge;
(i) leader or president of a political party represented in a legislature; or
(j) holder of any prescribed office or position."

The definition includes any prescribed family member of such a person.

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