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  07 August 2020

  A Law on digital financial assets and digital currency has been signed in the Russian Federation

  President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law No. 259-FZ of 31.07.2020 "On Digital Financial Assets, Digital Currency and on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation".

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  04 August 2020

  The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) held COVID-19 webinars on 30 and 31 of July 2020.

  The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) held webinars on 30 and 31 of July 2020: "COVID-19 the Changing Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risk Landscape" and "The Impact of COVID-19 on the Detection of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing".

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  30 July 2020

  On Money Laundering and the Illegal Wildlife Trade Webinar

  The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Monday 27 July 2020 hold a webinar on to discuss the FATF’s recent report on Money Laundering and the Illegal Wildlife Trade

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  09 July 2020

  EAG and EEC to cooperate on AML/CFT

  A meeting between Chairman of the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (EAG) Y A. Chikhanchin and representatives of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), headed by member of the Board (Minister) for Economics and Financial Policy T M. Zhaksylykov, was held on 9 July 2020  

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  08 July 2020

  MONEYVAL Online Working Meetings

  From 30 June to 3 July 2020, the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism – MONEYVAL, held working meetings on strategic, procedural issues, as well as matters related to typologies and risk monitoring

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  07 July 2020

  Tajikistan enables remote identification for e-wallets

  Financial Monitoring Department under the National Bank of Tajikistan, with support from the International Finance Corporation (IFC)'s Electronic and Digital Financial Services Project, has developed remote identification procedures for low-risk products, in particular for electronic money transfers

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  02 July 2020

  Xiangmin Liu's End of Presidency Statement

  China has been proud to hold the FATF Presidency 2019-2020, during which the FATF responded quickly to support its members and private sector stakeholders in an unprecedented period impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In what remains an extremely difficult time for millions of people around the world, the FATF has continued its work to help authorities detect and deter money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing, including by highlighting new threats and vulnerabilities emerging during the crisis. As the world continues to battle the Covid-19 virus, my thoughts are with the families of the victims, the medical professionals risking their own health on a daily basis, and key workers in a variety of industries doing their utmost to help others in the most challenging of circumstances

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  02 July 2020

  Objectives for the FATF during the German Presidency (2020-2022)

  Objectives German FATF Presidency

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  01 July 2020

  Egmont Group Webinars on FinTech with a focus on Virtual Assets/Virtual Assets Service Providers and Mobile Payment Services

  When adopting the 2018-2021 Strategic Plan, the Heads of Egmont Group FIUs acknowledged the positive potential of new technologies (e.g. FinTech) and monetary instruments (e.g. crypto-currencies) in changing the financial landscape. Unregulated sectors and actors operating in the virtual space, for which little is known about their modus operandi and their impact on ML/TF activities, deploy effective means of hiding the identity of individuals involved in financial transactions. To address with this new reality, FIUs must understand these factors and their impact on future financial flows

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  30 June 2020

  Security Council published the joint report of the Counter Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate and the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team on actions taken by Member States to disrupt terrorism financing

  EAG Member States took an active part in preparing information to the questionnaires on measures, good practices and challenges encountered by Member States in their implementation of international counter-financing of terrorism standards