Anti-Money-Laundering Bill Clears First Reading in Congress

Published on Honduras Daily · Jun 16, 2026 · Originally reported June 16, 2026 by Congreso Nacional

Congress passed the first reading of a transparency bill that would require companies and trusts to disclose their beneficial owners, an effort to meet international anti-money-laundering standards and keep Honduras off the Financial Action Task Force's gray list.

An auto-translated English version isn’t available for Congreso Nacional, so this opens the original in Spanish. Honduras Daily curates and summarizes; the reporting is theirs.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

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