During September 24-25, 2020, the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine and the Academy of Financial Monitoring are organizing an international scientific and practical Zoom-conference:  «Strategy for deterring the risks of money laundering and terrorist financing». The conference is supported by the OSCE Project Coordinator in Ukraine.

The representatives of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine, the National Commission on Securities and Stock Market, the National Bank of Ukraine, the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, law enforcement and intelligence agencies are taking part in the conference.

The representatives of associations of reporting entities, scientific institutions and international partners are also involved in the conference.

Mrs. Elzbieta Frankow-Jaskiewicz, Chairperson of the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) and Mr. Oleh Tatarov, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine also joined the scientific and practical Zoom-conference.

The conference is focusing on the issues of the national risk assessment role in determining strategic priorities for the development of anti-legalization deterring system. Experts also discuss the risks of virtual assets, sectoral risks of the banking system and the securities market.  Particular emphasis is placed on the tactics of deterring financial crimes by subnational structures of law enforcement agencies, conducting parallel financial investigations to combat drug crime and other types of organized crime, the peculiarities of the risk-oriented approach in designated non-financial business and professions etc.

Discussing these issues is an extremely important experience that will help Ukrainian experts to understand the current risks of money laundering and terrorist financing in various sectors of the economy and approaches to deterring them.

In the future, the SFMS plans to continue cooperation with the OSCE Project Coordinator in Ukraine.

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