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  • 28 May 2022

    The second meeting of the EAG’s International Compliance Council was held

    On 25 May 2022 the Secretariat of the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (EAG) together with the International Training and Methodology Centre for Financial Monitoring organised and conducted the second remote meeting of the International Compliance Council (ICC)

  • 08 April 2022

    EAG High-level mission to Bishkek

    In accordance with the decision of the Plenary meeting a high-level mission of the Eurasian group on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism was held on 4 April 2022 in Bishkek under the leadership of the EAG Chairman, Director of Rosfinmonitoring Mr. Y. Chikhanchin

  • 24 March 2022

    The EAG Secretariat participated in the LEICA training in Bishkek

    On March 14-18, 2022, the EAG Secretariat participated in the International seminar for law enforcement agencies of Central Asia on the prevention of terrorism financing through cryptocurrencies, organized by LEICA (Law Enforcement Agencies in Central Asia) in cooperation with the EAG

  • 21 March 2022

    Donors meeting was held in Bishkek

    A meeting of international donor organizations operating in the EAG region was held in Bishkek (Kyrgyz Republic) on March 17-18, 2022  

  • 09 March 2022

    Outcomes FATF Plenary, 2-4 March 2022

    Paris, 4 March 2022- The sixth Plenary of the FATF under the German Presidency of Dr.Marcus Pleyer concluded today

  • 14 February 2022

    Training on operational analysis in the field of CFT

    On January 31-February 4, 2022 an official of the EAG Secretariat took part as an international expert in a five-day training for law enforcement agencies of Kyrgyzstan on CFT operational analysis organized by the EU-funded Law Enforcement in Central Asia LEICA project

  • 28 December 2021

    Participation in the 62nd Plenary session of MONEYVAL

    The EAG Secretariat participated in the 62nd Plenary session of the Council of Europe's Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) from 13 to 17 December 2021.  The meeting was opened by Mr Jan Kleijssen, Director of Information Society and Action against Crime of the Council of Europe.  The main items on the agenda were discussions on the results of the mutual evaluation of Croatia and Poland, as well as on the follow-up report of Cyprus. As a result, the Plenary approved the reports. Among other issues, the Secretariat of MONEYVAL presented an interim report on the implementation of the Committee's strategy for 2020-2022; presented an approach for horizontal analysis of mutual evaluation reports; approved the final report of the typological study on crisis supervision in which the EAG Secretariat took part. The Project Team Leader and Chairperson of MONEYVAL expressed gratitude to the EAG Secretariat for the contribution made within the framework of the mentioned typological reserach.   The Plenary re-elected Ms Elżbieta Franków-Jaśkiewicz as the Chair of the MONEYVAL Committee (Poland). Mr Richard Walker (Guernsey) and Ms Astghik Karamanukyan (Armenia) were elected as Vice-Chairs, Mr Ladislav Majernik (Slovakia) and Mr Matis Maeker (Estonia) were elected as Bureau members. The next plenary meeting of MONEYVAL will take place in May 2022. Source link

  • 18 November 2021

    Results of the 35th EAG Plenary meeting

    The meetings of the EAG Working Groups and the 35th Plenary Meeting of the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (EAG) were held in virtual format on November 11-12 and 18, 2021. The meetings were attended by the representatives of the EAG Member States, the FATF Secretariat, observer states and organisations of the Group

  • 18 November 2021

    Special Public statement on the results of the 35th Plenary meeting

    The 35th Plenary Meeting of the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (EAG) which was held in virtual format on November 18, 2021 approved the final version of the Protocol amending the EAG statutory documents – the Agreement on the EAG and the Regulation on the Procedure for forming and implementing the Budget of the EAG. The Member States agreed to sign this Protocol

  • 10 November 2021

    On publication of the Digest of Presentations of the EAG/ ITMCFM Supervision Forum

    The Digest of presentations of the VII EAG/ICMM Supervisory Forum "Tools and mechanisms for application of risk-based approach in AML/CFT supervisory activities" is published on the EAG website in the Consultations with the private sector page. The Forum was held on October 14-15, 2021 by videoconference. The representatives of Financial Intelligence Units and supervisory authorities of the EAG member states, EAG, FATF and MONEYVAL Secretariats took part in the event. The main issues of discussion and exchange of experience among the participants were key aspects of FATF methodology on application of RBA in supervision, sectoral models of ML and TF risk assessment, conducting sectoral risk assessment: methodology and practice, digitalization of the financial sector: challenges and response. For reference: The International Supervison Forum is organised annually under the auspices of EAG and the International Training and Methodology Centre for Financial Monitoring (ITMCFM). The main goal of this event is to exchange experience and best supervisory practices in the AML/CFT sphere.