News
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28 April 2020
FATF extends its assessment and follow-up deadlines in response to COVID-19
Paris, 28 April 2020 - The gravity of the COVID-19 situation globally and the consequent COVID-19 related measures that countries have adopted, such as confinement and travel restrictions, are making it impossible for assessed jurisdictions and assessors alike to conduct on-site visits and in-person meetings. This situation has significantly impacted countries’ ability to actively participate in mutual evaluation and related follow-up processes. The FATF Plenary acknowledges these severe challenges that countries face at this difficult time
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01 April 2020
Statement by the FATF President: COVID-19 and measures to combat illicit financing
Paris, 1 April 2020 - The members of the FATF, both domestically and multilaterally, are applying every available resource to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. As the global standard‑setter for combating money laundering (ML) and the financing of terrorism (TF) and proliferation, the FATF encourages governments to work with financial institutions and other businesses to use the flexibility built into the FATF’s risk-based approach to address the challenges posed by COVID-19 whilst remaining alert to new and emerging illicit finance risks
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24 March 2020
The countries of the Eurasian region are implementing a regional risk assessment project
In order to implement provisions of the EAG Strategy for 2019-2023, EAG member states launched a project on regional money laundering and terrorism financing risks assessment in the Eurasian region
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12 March 2020
IC meeting
A meeting of the Interagency Committee for Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation (IC), chaired by Rosfinmonitoring Director Yury Chikhanchin, was held on 10 March 2020
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06 March 2020
FMC MF RK hosts a workshop on topical issues of digital asset regulation
The Financial Monitoring Committee hosted, 28 February 2020, the training workshop on the Latest Developments in the Domestic and International Regulation of Digital Assets to Improve the Effectiveness of National AML/CFT Systems and round table entitled "Discussion of Topical Issues of Digital Asset Regulation."
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04 March 2020
MONEYVAL trains new assessors for its mutual evaluations
From 24-28 February 2020, MONEYVAL - jointly with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - held an assessor training workshop in Berlin, Germany
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02 March 2020
Donor meeting in Dushanbe
A meeting of international donor organizations operating in the EAG region was held in Dushanbe (Tajikistan) on February 27, 2020. The purpose of the meeting was to coordinate the provision of technical assistance to Tajikistan by its international partners, which, in turn, should contribute to the country's progress in improving its AML/CFT regime
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25 February 2020
Outcomes FATF Plenary, 19-21 February 2020
Paris, 21 February 2020 - FATF President Xiangmin Liu of the People’s Republic of China, chaired the second Plenary under the Chinese Presidency of the FATF from 19-21 February 2020
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20 February 2020
Kazakhstan delegation's participation in the FATF Plenary meeting in Paris
The FATF Plenary and Working Group meetings, attended by more than 800 representatives from 205 countries and jurisdictions as well as the IMF, UN, World Bank and other organizations, are held in Paris from 16 to 21 February 2020
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07 February 2020
Mutual Evaluation Report (MER) of the Republic of Belarus
In November 2019 the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (EAG) approved the Executive Summary and the Mutual Evaluation Report (MER) of the Republic of Belarus, which analyses the effectiveness of the national AML/CFT system and technical compliance with the FATF Standards, as well as contains recommendations on further improvement of the national AML/CFT system. The MER passed the quality and consistency process with FATF and confirmed to be in line with international standards