News
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13 September 2010
The first international conference “The Role of Science and Training in AML/CFT” will be held on September 23, 2010 in Moscow on behest of the Eurasian group on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism
The conference will provide a unique platform for government agencies, supervisory bodies, research intuitions and a wide range of financial experts and analysts to discuss relevant trends in development of AML/CFT systems in the region and globally and propose prominent research topics in the area
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22 July 2010
FIU experts from Russia and Belarus discussed the results of Egmont Group Plenary through videoconference
The videoconference meeting was held with participation of the Head of Rosfinmonitoring Mr. Yury Chikhanchin and Director of the Financial Monitoring Department of the State Control Committee of Belarus, the EAG Deputy Chairman Mr. Valery Yaroshevsky
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19 July 2010
EAG participated for the first time in APG Plenary meeting
Asia/Pacific Group on combating money laundering (APG) Plenary meeting was held on July 13 - 16 ,2010 in Singapore. Key issues of developing anti money-laundering systems in the countries of the region and progress made by the APG member states was discussed
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07 July 2010
The Egmont Group, uniting world financial intelligence units, intends to consolidate collaboration with FATF and FSRBs
The Egmont Group Plenary meeting took place in Cartagena (Colombia) on June 28 – July 1 , 2010. The delegations of the Russian and Kazakhstani FIUs took part in the meeting. Rosfinmonitroing is Egmont member while Financial Monitoring Committee under the Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan which participated as an observer is getting ready to join the Egmont Group next year
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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