Kyrgyzstan took part in the 33rd Plenary Meeting of the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism Online. This was announced on November 20 by the press service of the State Financial Intelligence Service.
During the event, the reports of the co-chairs were presented, as well as the mandates of the Working Group on Mutual Assessments and Legal Issues, the Working Group on Technical Assistance and the Working Group on Typologies and Combating the Financing of Terrorism of the EAG were approved. All reports were approved by the member states of the group.
In addition, issues on the resumption of the group's evaluation cycle, the schedule for the 2nd round of mutual evaluations in the member states, the procedures for the 2nd round of mutual evaluations of the EAG and others were considered and discussed.
An employee of the State Financial Intelligence Service was elected co-chairman of the working group on typologies and crime.
According to the chairman, Gulamzhan Anarbaev, about 20-30 students are sent from Kyrgyzstan to study at MSI universities in the field of AML/CFT every year, who receive quality education, which in the future will improve the national AML/CFT system.
“The VKS channel allows online participation in various events held by the ITMCFM, such as training seminars, trainings, consultations and other events. The personal account was created for financial institutions and non-financial categories of persons. Soon, the Personal Account will automate the process of receiving messages from accountable persons. This, in turn, will have a positive effect on mutual assessment and will raise the rating of Kyrgyzstan on NR 3 and 4,” he said.
Also, Kyrgyzstan stated that, in May 2021 at the 34th Plenary Session, it will defend the progress report on IO 8.
Reported by Tazabek (Kyrgyzstan).
