The SFMS representative participated as an expert in the national training in Tashkent, the Republic of Uzbekistan

On January 21-24, 2020, the SFMS representative participated as an expert in the national training on Operational analysis of financial information to identify the risk of money laundering and terrorist financing, held in Tashkent, the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The mentioned event was organized by the UNODC jointly with the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

During the workshop, experts from the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Uzbekistan and Ukraine acquainted the representatives of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Academy of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan and commercial banks with the basics of financial investigations, the basic concepts of analysis of suspected money laundering activities, terrorist financing, due diligence tools and clients examination procedures.

The main purpose of the training was to improve operational analysis, as well as to identify and combat illicit drug trafficking related to illicit financial flows, money laundering and terrorist financing.

The representative of Ukraine shared his experience on the use of operational analysis tools and presented data open sources for internal control. During the presentation, participants were introduced in detail with the risk-based approach, national and sectoral risk assessment in Ukraine.

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