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  • 15 February 2021

    New appointment

    In accordance with the Order of the Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic U.A. Maripov №59 dated February 11, 2021 Kanatbek T. Turgunbekov was appointed as the Chairman of the State Financial Intelligence Service under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic

  • 12 February 2021

    EAG and EEC signed Memorandum of Understanding

    The Memorandum of understanding was signed between the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (EAG) and the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC)

  • 28 January 2021

    Kazakhstan establishes Financial Monitoring Agency

    The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on 28.01.2021 signed Decree No. 501 "On measures to further improve the public administration system of the Republic of Kazakhstan”  

  • 18 January 2021

    Workshop on NPO issues for Tajikistan

    On 14-15 January 2021, the workshop for the Republic of Tajikistan "FATF Recommendation 8" organized by the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), the UN Office on Counter-Terrorism (UN OCT) and the EAG Secretariat was held

  • 30 December 2020

    Results of the 31st Plenary Meeting For MENAFATF

    On Thursday, November 19, 2020, the works of the MENAFATF 31st Plenary Meeting, which was held virtually over a period of three days, starting on 17 November 2020, was concluded, under the presidency of the Arab Republic of Egypt, represented by Counsellor Ahmed Said Hussein Khalil – MENAFATF President, Vice President of the Court of Cassation, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Egyptian FIU

  • 03 December 2020

    The EAG Secretariat staff took part in the annual FATF joint experts’ meeting (JEM) on AML/CFT typologies

    The meeting brought together nearly 400 experts from different government institutions and private sector from across the world as well as the representatives of the international organizations, such as the United Nations Organization, International Monetary Fund, World Bank and Interpol

  • 23 November 2020

    FATF at the G20 Summit

    On 21-22 November this year, Saudi Arabia chaired the G20 Leaders Summit, to which FATF was invited for the first time in history. FATF President Dr. Markus Player addressed the audience with a welcoming speech. 

  • 20 November 2020

    The EAG Plenary Meeting agreed the Information note on the measures taken to adapt the national AML/CFT systems to the current situation conected with COVID19.

    The EAG Plenary Meeting agreed the Information note on the measures taken to adapt the national AML/CFT systems to the current situation conected with COVID19 and called for further exchange of experience between states.

  • 20 November 2020

    Outcomes of the EAG 33rd Plenary Meeting

    The EAG 33rd Plenary and working group meetings were held remotely on 9-12 and 19-20 November 2020, attended by representatives of the EAG member states, the FATF Secretariat as well as EAG observer countries and organizations

  • 19 November 2020

    EAG Secretariat participated in a webinar organized by the Academy of Law Enforcement Agencies under the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan

    On November 18, 2020 employees of the EAG Secretariat took part in a webinar on "Modern approaches to organizing work in the field of combating money laundering", organized by the Academy of Law Enforcement Agencies under the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan in cooperation with the German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation (IRZ) and UNODC