Delegation of Ukraine took part in the 52nd Plenary Meeting of the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL)

During the period from December 5 to 8 in Strasbourg, French Republic, delegation of Ukraine, headed by the representative of the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine, took part in the 52nd Plenary Meeting of the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL).
During the 52nd Plenary Meeting of MONEYVAL representatives of Ukraine participated in consideration of the following issues:
- MONEYVAL calendar of activities 2017;
- information on AML/CFT initiatives from EBRD, Egmont Group, Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (EAG), FATF, GIFCS, UNODC, World Bank;
- FATF Terrorist Financing Fact-Finding Initiative: follow-up procedure within MONEYVAL regarding countries for which significant gaps were identified by the FATF;
- discussion on the draft 5th round Mutual Evaluation Report on the United Kingdom Crown Dependency of the Isle of Man;
- actions of the member-states on ratification, current state of signing of the Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism (CETS No. 198);
- discussion of the anti-money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/CFT) system with heads of FIUs member-states of MONEYVAL and representatives of other state- observers.

Note:
Ukraine has been the member of MONEYVAL since 1997. The purpose of the Committee is to build effective systems in countries to combat money laundering and financing of terrorist. 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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