Experts from state bodies of Mongolia were trained in the International Training and Methodology Center for Financial Monitoring (ITMCFM)

On January 29-31 2013, the ITMCFM held the workshop "Improving and developing national anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism system (AML/CFT)". It was arranged for Mongolian public servants working in the field of AML/CFT. Lectures were delivered by representatives of both the Federal Financial Monitoring Service and the EAG Secretariat.

The event took place in the framework of the technical assistance to Mongolia, which has observer status in the Eurasian group since May, 2012.

The ITMCFM Director General and the EAG Executive Secretary attended the opening of the workshop.

The workshop ended with a round table meeting between the EAG Secretariat, Rosfinmonitoring and the ITMCFM staff. A Mongolian representative made a presentation on working results of the national FIU.

Parties discussed the features of Mongolia national anti-money laundering system; progress of the national AML/CFT system in the framework of the FATF international cooperation; future development of (bilateral) FIU cooperation between Russia and Mongolia.

The workshop was held via EAG video conference system that allowed Belarus, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan to participate in it. In their turn, Mongolian delegation expressed interest in country's accession to the system.