EAG Secretariat participated in the international interdepartmental scientific and practical round table

EAG Secretariat took part in the international interdepartmental practical scientific round table "Prevention of money laundering", organized on the April 22, 2021 by the St. Petersburg Academy of Investigative Committee of Russia for officers of investigative units.

The forum was attended by representatives of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia, Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus, General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan, General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Financial Monitoring Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation, Federal Financial Monitoring Service of the Russian Federation, representatives from the St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg State University of Economics, Finance Ministry of the Russian Federation and other organizations.

The EAG Secretariat made a presentation of the results of the EAG typological study "Typologies of illegal withdrawal of assets from credit institutions and money laundering".

The presentation highlighted the problems in detection and investigation of crimes related to illegal withdrawal of assets from credit institutions, and provided examples of the most common typologies of assets withdrawal and money laundering. During the discussion, the necessity of effective international cooperation and coordination in combating money laundering connected with such crimes was also admitted, including through the establishment of inter-state joint investigative teams. The importance of establishing regulations and ensuring the effectiveness of parallel financial investigations in criminal cases related to the illegal withdrawal of assets from credit institutions was stressed.

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