Government established the Council on combating legalization (laundering) of the proceeds from crime, financing of terrorism and the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine established the Council on combating legalization (laundering) of the proceeds from crime, financing of terrorism and the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

This is referred to in the Resolution of the Government No. 613 of September, 8 2016.

The Council composes of 30 members, and the Head of the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine Igor Cherkaskyi has been appointed its Chairman, and First Deputy Head of the SFMS as Vice-Chairman. Also, the Council includes Deputy Minister of Finance, Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Minister of Justice, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, First Deputy Head of the State Fiscal Service, representatives of Prosecutor General’s Office, of Security Service, head of analytics and data processing Division of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau, President of the League of insurance organizations of Ukraine, representative of the Association of Ukrainian banks, the representative of the Association of "Independent Association of banks of Ukraine".

The Council is a temporary advisory body of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which tasks are to coordinate the actions of other state bodies in combating laundering of the proceeds from crime and prepare proposals for the formation and implementation of the state policy in this area.

Organizational, informational, material and technical support of the Council is ensured by the SFMS.

Establishment of the Council is an important element of Ukraine"s preparations for the 5th round of evaluation of counteraction to legalization (laundering) of the proceeds from crime by Committee of Experts MONEYVAL, which is scheduled for March 2017.