Press release About participation in the joint FATF and MENAFATF Plenary meeting in Paris (France)

Representatives of the Committee on Financial Monitoring of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 24 to 29 June 2018 in Paris (France) participated in the joint FATF and MENAFATF Plenary Meeting, as well as the meetings of the FATF working groups.

Delegations of all countries-participants of the FATF and MENAFATF took part in the event.

The meeting was opened by the current president of the FATF Mr. Santiago Otamendi (Argentina). The President informed the participants about the measures taken to maintain and develop the AML/CFT regime.

In the framework of the joint event, the mutual evaluation reports of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia were discussed, which set out the level of effectiveness of the systems of combating money laundering and terrorist financing of each country and the level of their compliance with the FATF Recommendations.

The plenary session discussed the main findings of the relevant assessment groups, priority actions and recommendations regarding the AML / CFT regime in each country.

Committee on financial monitoring of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan