Final meeting for the purposes of mutual evaluation of the national AML/CFT/APF system

On March 14 of this year, the National Bank of Tajikistan hosted the final meeting of the assessors of the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (EAG) with the delegates of the Standing Interagency Commision on  implementation of standards for combating legalization of criminal proceeds and financing of terrorism and proliferation (AML/CFT/APF) headed by M. M. Vatanazod, Assistant to the President of the Republic of Tajikistan on Legal Affairs.
In his speach, the Head of the Commission noted that during their visit to the country and in accord with agenda of the visit assessors meeted with representatives of our republic including but not limited to those of the Commisions, law enforcement and supervisory authorities, and private sector.
It shall be noted that the abovementioned meetings were aimed to evaluate complience of our country to the international standards of AML/CFT/APF and examine operations of competent authorities in this field.
Later, the assessor provided the final version of their evaluation report.
It shall be noted that the report is preliminary and there are plans for the assessors to work with the competent authorities of the Republic of Tajikistan to prepare a mutual evaluation report on the Republic of Tajikistan in accordance with standards of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) and on efficiency of the AML/CFT/APF.
The standing interagency commision on implementation of standards for AML/CFT/APF included: Assistant to the President of the Republic of Tajikistan on Legal Affairs (Head of the Commission), Deputy Chairman of the National Bank of Tajikistan (Deputy Head of the Commission), Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Tajikistan, Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic of Tajikistan, Deputy Director of the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption of the Republic of Tajikistan, Deputy Director of the Drug Control Agency under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Deputy Director of the Statistical Agency under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Deputy Attorney General of the Republic of Tajikistan, Deputy Finance Minister of the Republic of Tajikistan, Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Tajikistan, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan, Deputy Chairman of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Tajikistan, Deputy Chairman of the State Committee on Investments and State Property Management of the Republic of Tajikistan, Deputy Chairman of the Tax Committee under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, Deputy Chief of the Customs Service under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, Deputy Chief of the Migration Service under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, Deputy Chief of the Communication Service under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, Director of the Financial Monitoring Department of the National Bank of Tajikistan (Secretary of the Comission), and Chairman of the Banking Association of Republic of Tajikistan; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan and Deputy Director of the National Radiation Safety Agency of the Academy of Science of the Republic of Tajikistan were also invited.
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