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  12 October 2018

  Co-Chairs' Statement, 25th Egmont Group Plenary, Sydney, Australia

  The 25th Egmont Group Plenary took place between 24-27 September 2018 in Sydney, Australia. Ms. Hennie Verbeek-Kusters, Egmont Group Chair/ Head of FIU-Netherlands and Ms. Nicole Rose PSM, AUSTRAC CEO, chaired the meeting. 419 delegates (including 23 observers and international partners) gathered to advance work on FIU operational independence and autonomy and to identify the role public-private partnerships (PPPs) can play in the fight against money laundering and the financing of terror

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  04 October 2018

  Regarding participation in the FATF's meeting with Iran

  A delegation of Rosfinmonitoring took part in a regular meeting of FATF experts with the Iranian inter-agency delegation (Financial Intelligence Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Economy and Finance, and Central Bank), held on September 27, 2018 in Rome

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  30 September 2018

  EAG trains new assessors for its mutual evaluations

  From 24-28 September 2018, EAG, jointly with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism of the Council of Europe (MONEYVAL), held an assessor training workshop in Moscow, Russian Federation. 43 prospective assessors (17 from EAG Member States) received training on the 2012 FATF Recommendations and the 2013 FATF Methodology.

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  21 September 2018

  The Inter-Agency Committee for Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and the Financing of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

  The President of Uzbekistan, by his Decree of September 20, 2018, established an Inter-Agency Committee for Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and the Financing of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, comprising representatives of Uzbekistan's law enforcement agencies as well as ministries and departments active in this area

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  17 September 2018

  New vacancy in the EAG Secretariat

  The Eurasian group on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism (EAG) announces recruitment to fill the vacancy of the EAG Executive Secretary to open in February-March 2019.

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  14 September 2018

  The 4th international workshop on "Effective Supervision as a Mechanism for Ensuring Participation of the Non-Financial Businesses and Professions Sector in the AML/CFT System" was held in St. Petersburg

  The EAG/ITMCFM 4th international workshop on "Effective Supervision as a Mechanism for Ensuring Participation of the Non-Financial Businesses and Professions (NFBP) Sector in the AML/CFT System" as well as consultations with the private sector were held in St. Petersburg from 13-14 September 2018

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  12 September 2018

  Tajikistan delegation's participation in the face-to-face meeting with EAG assessors

  The EAG 2nd round of the mutual evaluation of Tajikistan's AML/CFT/PF system began in September 2017

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  06 September 2018

  Joint FATF/EAG FinTech and RegTech Forum, China

  Hangzhou, China, 5 September 2018 – The FATF held its third FinTech and RegTech Forum on 4 and 5 September 2018, hosted by China. The Vice-President of the FATF, Mr. Xiangmin Liu and the Eurasia Group (EAG) Chairperson, Ms. Jinghua Hao, both from China, jointly chaired the meeting

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  05 September 2018

  Mutual Evaluation report Of Kyrgyz Republic

  The Eurasian group on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism (EAG) has conducted an assessment of the Kyrgyz Republic’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) system. The mutual evaluation report is a comprehensive review of the effectiveness of Kyrgyz Republic’s AML/CFT system and its level of technical compliance with the FATF standards and provides recommendations for further development of national AML/CFT system.

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  24 August 2018

  Joint EAG/ATC CIS/INTERPOL Workshop in cooperation with ITMCFM on strengthening of cooperation between Financial Intelligence Units and Law Enforcement Agencies in the sphere of combating terrorism financing

  In accordance with the EAG Calendar of Activities for 2018, the Joint EAG/ATC CIS/INTERPOL Workshop in cooperation with ITMCFM on strengthening of cooperation between Financial Intelligence Units and Law Enforcement Agencies in the sphere of combating terrorism financing will be held on 2 – 4 October 2018 in Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan