From 30 January to 1 February 2024, with the assistance of the OSCE Support Program for Ukraine, the representatives of the SFMS took part in the Egmont Working and Regional Group Meetings, which were held in Saint Julian’s, Republic of Malta.

The representatives of the SFMS participated in the meetings of the Europe II Regional Group, the Egmont Working Group Meetings and the HoFIU meeting, where they focused their attention on the current development issues of the AML/CFT/CPF system.

Within the framework of these meetings, the representatives of the SFMS held working meetings with the Interim Chair of the Egmont Group and the Regional Representative of the Europe II Regional Group.

A number of meetings with partners were also held, where positions and further steps to maintain the integrity of global financial intelligence were agreed upon.

In addition, in order to present the current threats of ML/FT, a presentation of a case related to the investigation of transactions using virtual assets and key conclusions were made.

Also, the representatives of the SFMS took part in a workshop on tackling trade/service based money laundering and misuse of corporate structures, as well as on illicit financial flows from cyber-enabled fraud, held as part of the above-mentioned meetings.