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12 March, 2024
From 5 to 7 March 2024 in Astana city of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a joint training for judges, prosecutors and law enforcement officers of the Republic of Kazakhstan on "Identification, investigation and prosecution of cases on money laundering" organized by the Financial Monitoring Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the EAG Secretariat was held.
The issues of the definition of money laundering, current practices on how to prove it, as well as confiscation of proceeds of crime, became the main topic of discussion of the training participants.
During the seminar case studies from the practice of the Republic of Kazakhstan were discussed. The participants were able to express their opinions on the qualification and correlation of investigative and judicial practice to FATF standards.
The discussion of the possibility of amending the existing edition of Article 218 of the Criminal Code and Regulatory resolutions of the Supreme Court to improve the effectiveness of combating money laundering aroused increased interest.
During the round table case studies of other EAG Member States were discussed. Representatives of the EAG Secretariat highly appreciated the results achieved by the Republic of Kazakhstan on the introduction of electronic criminal cases and ensuring the rights and legitimate interests of participants of criminal proceedings.
Within the framework of the seminar, the EAG Secretariat also presented information on changes to the FATF Standards in terms of confiscation of criminal proceeds, adopted in November 2023.
The participants discussed problematic issues of return of criminal assets from abroad.
At the end of the training, the participants were able to apply the acquired knowledge in a business game, where they conducted a parallel financial investigation and identified money laundering schemes.
EAG Secretariat
