A two-day international webinar for law enforcement agencies took place at the Academy of Financial Monitoring

On June 16-17, 2020, on the basis of the Digital Platform of the Academy of Financial Monitoring, a two-day international webinar on “Improving the work of law enforcement agencies during parallel financial investigations in Ukraine” organized by the EUAM Ukraine and the EU-ACT Project took place.

In total, more than 150 participants - representatives of law enforcement and anti-corruption agencies, the SFMS, international organizations, specialized educational institutions, research institutions participated in the webinar.

The MONEYVAL activities in the field of parallel financial investigations and the experience of evaluating countries in this direction were personally presented by the MONEYVAL Chairman Mrs. Elzbieta Frankow-Jaskiewicz.

The speakers of the webinar were leading experts of international level with considerable experience in this field: Jose Manuel Colodras (Regional Coordinator of the EU-ACT Project in Ukraine), Oscar Rey (Investigating Judge (Spain)), Igoris Krzeckovskis (international expert on AML and assets recovery), Frantisek Sailer (Senior Financial Crimes Investigator, EUAM).

The workshop focused on issues related to the mechanisms that allow financial experts to receive and exchange information, and discussed effective tools of assistance in conducting in foreign financial investigations.

Also, the attention was focused on the importance to create and use joint expert groups by law enforcement agencies which would facilitate the establishment of business relations.

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