Ukraine has withdrawn from the Agreement on the creation of the Council of Heads of Financial Intelligence Units of the CIS
According to the Decree of the President of Ukraine as of 07.07.2020 № 269/2020, Ukraine has withdrawn from the Agreement on the creation of the Council of Heads of Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
At the same time, it should be noted that the SFMS remains a reliable partner of European institutions responsible for preventing and counteracting to legalisation (laundering) of the proceeds from crime, terrorist financing and financing proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (AML/CFT).
Currently, the SFMS accompanies the approval process on 2nd follow-up report of Ukraine following the results of the 5th round of mutual evaluation by MONEYVAL.
In that way, despite the withdrawal of Ukraine from the mentioned Agreement, the SFMS will continue to be a reliable partner of the Council of Europe institutions, as well as an active participant in the events conducted under the aegis of leading international, intergovernmental institutions in the AML/CFT area, namely: Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF), Egmont group of FIUs, European Union, International Monetary Fund, World bank, United Nations etc.
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