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  • 28 June 2010

    The Russian Federation submitted its follow-up report to the FATF

    The report covers Russia’s progress in enhancing national anti-money laundering system over the past two years since FATF/MONEYVAL/EAG mutual evaluation in 2008

  • 28 June 2010

    FATF Plenary session and Working Group meetings were held in Amsterdam on June 21-25

    EAG experts took part in the Plenary as well as the EAG member-state delegations from China, Russia and Turkmenistan which joined the Group in June

  • 25 June 2010

    FATF recognized Turkmenistan’s progress in improving its AML/CFT regime

    Taking into account the progress of Turkmenistan in improving its AML/CFT regime and the fact that Turkmenistan joined the EAG in June, the FATF Plenary approved of removing the country from its public statement. Turkmenistan will remain under FATF monitoring in the framework of the on-going process of improving global AML/CFT compliance among other countries with strategic AML/CFT deficiencies which have developed an action plan with the FATF and provided a written high-level political commitment to address the identified deficiencies

  • 23 June 2010

    EAG was granted associate member status within the FATF

    The Eurasian group on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism (EAG) was granted associate member status within the FATF as approved of by the FATF Plenary session taking place in Amsterdam (the Netherlands)

  • 07 June 2010

    Turkmenistan joined the Eurasian group on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism

    Turkmenistan became a EAG member state as the result of 12th Plenary meeting in June. Membership in the EAG has given Turkmenistan a major opportunity to actively collaborate with the FATF and other countries and international organizations engaged in AML/FT

  • 03 June 2010

    Public statement on the results of the 12th EAG Plenary Meeting

    12th EAG Plenary and Working Group meetings were held in Almaty (Kazakhstan) from May 31 untill June 3, 2010. The meeting was chaired by the EAG Chairman, aide to the President of Russia Mr. Oleg Markov. FATF President Mr. Paul Vlaanderen and MONEYVAL Chairman Mr. Vladimir Nechaev took part in the Plenary. Over 20 countries and international organizations involved in the international AML/CFT system were among the participants of the meeting

  • 01 June 2010

    Kazakhstan and Russia share best practices in implementing international anti-money laundering standards

    Kazakhstan and Russia Consultations Forum on Financial Security of Private Sector and AML/CFT Best Practices was held in Almaty (Kazakhstan) on the behest of the Eurasian group on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism (EAG) in cooperation with the Kazakhstani Ministry of Finance. Over 40 banks and other financial institutions and experts of supervisory bodies took part in the Forum

  • 27 May 2010

    Kazakhstan and Russia Consultations Forum will take place in Almaty (Kazakhstan)

    Kazakhstan and Russia Consultations Forum: Financial Security of Private Sector and AML/CFT Best Practices will be held in Almaty (The Republic of Kazakhstan) on May 31, 2010 at Grand hotel “Tien Shan”

  • 27 May 2010

    The 12th EAG Plenary

    The 12th EAG Plenary Meeting with participation of EAG member states, observers and other international organizations will be held from 31 May to 3 June 2010 in Almaty (the Republic of Kazakhstan)

  • 27 April 2010

    A face-to-face meeting was held in the framework of the mutual evaluation of Uzbekistan

    The meeting with participation of the EAG experts and representatives of the General Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Justice, National Bank and other government supervisory agencies of Uzbekistan took place on April 20-23 in Moscow