Financial intelligence experts from Russia and Belarus discussed the results of the recent Egmont Group meeting

The FIU specialists of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation discussed the key issues of the latest Egmont Group meeting held in Mauritius in this March by the means of secure channels of videoconferencing.

The main attention of the Egmont experts was aimed at involving new members and improving work efficiency of the current ones. This includes making information exchange between different FIUs more productive.

The very format of videoconference allowed the experts from the EAG member states to remotely exchange actual information and solve a range of issues on further activity of Russia and Belarus in the Egmont Group.

Today videoconferencing (VCF) is a part of the EAG Single Information Space project that includes the EAG Secretariat, the Belarus FIU and the International Training and Methodology Centre for Financial Monitoring (ITMCFM).

The Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units is an international union of financial intelligence units. Today it comprises 116 members (including 9 new members, which joined the Group on its 17th Plenary).

The goal of the Egmont Group is to provide a forum for FIUs around the world to improve cooperation in the fight against money laundering and financing of terrorism and to foster the implementation of domestic programs in this field.

The members of Egmont already have an opportunity of secure information exchange by the means of specialized “Egmont” secure web-portal.

Such EAG member states as Belarus, Russia and Kyrgyzstan are the members of the Egmont Group. Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are currently working on joining the Egmont Group as well.