Lawyers were shocked by Minister of Justice Decision No. 64 of 2017 regarding the obligations related to the procedures to prohibit and combat money laundering and terrorist financing in the legal profession and foreign legal consulting offices in the Kingdom of Bahrain and the controls of auditing and oversight. They affirmed that the decision violates the constitution, the criminal procedure law and the law law, and detracts from the independence of the legal profession, and it will expose law firms to problems with their clients if the disclosure of secrets is unlawful.
