Delegation of Ukraine takes part in the 50th Plenary Meeting of the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL)
During the April 15-19, 2016 Ukrainian delegation headed by the representative of the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine takes part in 50th Plenary Meeting of Committee of experts on the evaluation of anti-money laundering measures and the financing of terrorism MONEYVAL in Strasbourg, the French Republic.
During 50th Plenary Meeting MONEYVAL representatives of Ukraine will take part in the discussions as follows:
· discussion of anti-money laundering and terrorist financing system with the heads of FIUs, MONEYVAL member states and representatives of other observers;
· discussion on the draft 5th round Mutual Evaluation Report on Serbia;
· council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism (CETS No. 198);
· information on AML/CFT initiatives inCouncil of Europe Development Bank, EBRD, Egmont Group, Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing, FATF, GIFCS, IMF, OSCE, UNODC, World Bank;
· information on AML/CFT initiatives in MONEYVAL States and territories;
· report under I step of the Compliance Enhancing procedures from the Czech Republic and Montenegro;
· Information from the European Union and MONEYVAL Bureau;
· Continuation of the discussion on the draft 5th round Mutual Evaluation Report on Serbia;
· Fourth round follow up: interim follow up report by “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, Croatia, Moldova, Poland.
Note:
Ukraine has been member of MONEYVAL since 1997. The purpose of the Committee is to build effective systems in countries to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. The Committee conducts mutual evaluations of countries with regard to all relevant international legal, financial and law enforcement standards. MONEYVAL reports include detailed recommendations to increase the effectiveness of national regimes to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, as well as the possibility of states to carry out international cooperation in these areas.
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