“All our past activities”
International Conference in
Nizhny Novgorod
An international conference
“Legalization of illegally gained
proceeds as a threat to economic
security of Russia; Harmonization of
international and national legal AML
mechanisms” was held on 26-28
June 2008 in Nizhny Novgorod
together with the Academy of the
Ministry of Interior, the principal
institution for training AML/TF
specialists in Russia. The meeting focused on the issues of
cooperation between the FIUs and the
law-enforcement agencies,
confiscation and related issues and
use of offshore financial centers
for laundering illegal proceeds. The
Conference gathered the
representatives from all over
Russia, both the practitioners from
the law-enforcement agencies,
judiciary and General Prosecutor’s
offices and academia.
Agenda in
english and
russian
Moscow: Round table on anti-corruption expertise
An international round-table discussion on
ensuring that the legislative process in Russia, eastern
Europe and in Asia is not vulnerable to corruption,
took place in Moscow on 24 and 25 June. The meeting
aimed to discuss techniques for assessing the corruption
risks to laws.
Link to Agenda
English |
Russian
List of
participants in
Russian
Note to
editors
English |
Russian
Seminar on Supervision
Activities in St Petersburg
On 15 and 16 May 2008, a seminar on further improvement of
supervision was held in St. Petersburg. The purpose of the meeting was
to ensure better coordination between Rosfinmonitoring and other
supervisors for Anti-Money Laundering purposes, share best practice
between departments of Rosfinmonitoring Head Quarters and the
interregional offices and discuss the supervision of gaming/gambling
business.
6th International Conference at the Association of Russian Banks
On 29 April 2008, the 6th International Conference “Cooperation of
self-regulating organisations and supervising authorities in combating
money laundering and terrorist financing” was held at the association of
russian banks in Moscow. The conference focused on the response of
industry to the new regulations and the international approaches to
money laundering.
Agenda : english and
russian
Activities on confiscation procedures
Two seminars on confiscation procedures took place on 21 and 22 April
in Moscow, Russian Federation, at the premises of the General
Prosecutor’s Office and the State Duma. The meetings brought together
representatives from different governmental and non-governmental bodies
to discuss various aspects of confiscation both in Russia and abroad, in
particular the experience of the United Kingdom and Italy to be looked
into.
Link
to Agenda
english
russian
Meeting in Moscow
On
18 and 19 March 2008, the Council of Europe continued its work in the
framework of the MOLI-RU2 Project against Money laundering and Terrorist
financing in the Russian Federation. The international experts from
Sweden, UK and a representative from Europol shared their knowledge with
the staff of Rosfinmonitoring and law enforcement agencies of the
Central Federal District on the new trends in money laundering and
terrorist financing.
Link
to Agenda
english
russian
MOLI RU2 Start-Up conference
The Start-Up conference of the Follow-up Project against Money
Laundering and Terrorist Financing in the Russian Federation (MOLI-RU-2)
took place on the 24 May at the premises of the EC Delagation in Moscow
and was attended by the representatives of the Delegation of the
European Commission in Moscow, Council of Europe and key Russian
institutions, such as Federal Service for Financial Monitoring (Rosfinmonitoring)
; Ministry of Interior; Ministry of foreign Affairs; Federal Security
Service; General Prosecutor’s Office; Central Bank; as well as the
representatives of the judiciary, supervisors and regulators of the
financial and legal services sectors.
The overall objective of the Project is to contribute to the prevention
and control of money laundering and terrorist financing in the Russian
Federation in accordance with European and other international standards
and best practices.
Конференция,
посвященная открытию проекта-продолжения по противодействию легализации
(отмыванию) преступных доходов и финансированию терроризма в Российской
Федерации (MOLI-RU-2) пройдет 23 мая в представительстве Европейской
Комисии в Москве. В конференции примут участие представители Делегации
Европейской Комиссии в Москве, Совета Европы, представители ключевых
российских ведомств: Федеральной службы по финансовому мониторингу (Росфинмониторинг);
Министерства внутренних дел (МВД), Министерства иностранных дел (МИД),
Федеральной службы Безопасности (ФСБ), Генеральной прокуратуры, судебных
органов, Центробанка и финансового и регулирующего секторов.
Общая цель Проекта – содействовать предотвращению и контролю над
легализацией (отмыванием) преступных доходов и финансированием
терроризма в Российской Федерации в соответствии с Европейским и другими
международными стандартами, а также передовым опытом.
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