Rosfinmonitoring representatives share experience in financial investigations with colleagues from MENAFATF and BRICS at a seminar in Moscow

From 9 to 12 December 2025, Moscow hosted the international seminar “Current Issues in Organizing and Conducting Financial Investigations”, held via videoconference at the International Training and Methodology Centre for Financial Monitoring (ITMCFM).

Experts from Rosfinmonitoring’s analytical units took part in the seminar as speakers.

Representatives of financial intelligence units and competent authorities from MENAFATF member states and BRICS countries joined the event.

More than 50 connection points brought together participants from Djibouti, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the UAE and Yemen.

Dmitry Kalashnikov, Deputy Head of the Currency Monitoring Department of Rosfinmonitoring, shared practical experience in conducting financial investigations, including those involving foreign financial intelligence units, as well as in identifying beneficial owners of companies.

Olga Chicheryukina, Head of a Division within the Financial Markets Investigations Department, spoke about strategic analysis and proactive financial investigations based on it, and presented practices for identifying “professional” money launderers in Russia and abroad.

The participants also discussed asset recovery, Russian and international practices in the legal regulation of asset seizure and confiscation, the detection and documentation of crimes involving digital currency, and other related topics.

The seminar aimed to facilitate the exchange of best practices in combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism, strengthen cooperation in providing technical assistance to Middle East and North Africa countries, and enhance the capacity of national AML systems.