Kazakhstan and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime strengthens cooperation in the sphere of combating money laundering, terrorist financing and illegal drug trafficking

On the 20-th of May, 2020, a meeting took place between Chairman of the Committee on financial monitoring of the Ministry of finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mr. Zhanat Elimanov and UNODC Adviser on counter-narcotics, anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism Mr. Aliaksandr Vadziany.

During the meeting, participants discussed about preparation of Kazakhstan for the EAG second round of mutual evaluation on compliance to the FATF standards.

In addition, there were discussed opportunities of UNODC to provide technical assistance in organizing joint events in 2020, the involvement of international experts for consultations to implement current initiatives and development of the FIU IT-structure.

Committee for financial monitoring of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan