The EAG representatives took part in the International scientific-practical conference

On October 28, 2011 the International scientific-practical conference "The Russian system of financial monitoring: tendencies of development and perspectives of international cooperation" took place in Moscow.

The conference was organized by the Federal service for financial monitoring jointly with the Association of Russian banks, with the participation of the Eurasian group, supervisory and regulatory bodies of the Russian Federation, international organizations in the field of AML/CFT and is dedicated to the 10-th anniversary of the creation of the Federal service for financial monitoring.

The conference discussed the results of the 10-year period of formation and development of the national AML/CFT system of the Russian Federation, accumulated rich experience of practical enforcement in this area, and new tasks that need to be addressed in order to improve the efficiency of anti money laundering system.

Presentations were made by Dmitry Pankin - Head of the Federal service for the financial markets, Viktor Melnikov - Deputy Chairman of the Bank of Russia, Garegin Tosunyan - tPresident of the Association of Russian banks, Boudewijn Verhelst - Chairman of the "Egmont" Group, Deputy Head of the Belgian FIU, Liu Zgeng Ming - Deputy Chairman of the EAG, as well as the representatives of the Federal service for financial monitoring and banking sector of Russia.