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06 April, 2018
On April 4-5, 2018 Moscow hosted a seminar for the Russian Federation as part of preparation for the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) mutual evaluation.
Representatives of the FATF Secretariat Thomas Nulan and Kristen Elizabeth Alma were present as assessors. The event organized with the assistance of the International Training and Methodology Centre for Financial Monitoring was attended by representatives of ministries and departments of the Russian Federation involved in the national anti-money laundering system.
The first day of the seminar was in the format of a familiarization meeting of the FATF Secretariat members with representatives of key regulatory bodies and interested agencies involved in the mutual evaluation procedure. Mr. Nulan and Ms. Alma made a review of the mutual evaluation process, provided detailed explanations on technical compliance issues, informed about the best practices of submitting information to the FATF Secretariat. Also, a business game was held, which was to demonstrate the process of interviewing participants of the national AML/CFT system by the assessment team.
On the second day, representatives of the private sector, financial and non-financial organizations, including the Bank of Russia, FSUE Russian Post, the Federal Chamber of Notaries, the Federal Chamber of Attorneys, as well as auditors, employees of real estate and leasing companies, etc. took part in the seminar. Mr. Nulan and Ms. Alma made a review of the mutual evaluation process again, but with the focus on the participation of the private sector, and then they answered numerous questions raised by the meeting participants.
According to the representatives of the FATF Secretariat, a number of meetings of assessors with representatives of the state bodies and the private sector of the Russian Federation involved in the mutual evaluation procedure will be held before the start of the evaluation activities.
The seminar participants mentioned the importance of the event, which made it possible to get acquainted with the format of the forthcoming assessment and the assessors’ requirements to the state bodies and the private sector.
