The project “Preventing Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in Serbia” provided continuous support to the Administration for Prevention of Money Laundering of the Republic of Serbia in dissemination of the results of the latest ML/TF National Risk Assessment. A series of workshops about the relevance of the ML/TF NRA and its impact on internal policies was organised with the support of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Judicial Academy in different regions of the Republic of Serbia. After covering the regions of Belgrade and Nis, four one-day workshops were organised in the region of Novi Sad, on 29 and 30 September 2022 and in the region of Kraljevo on 20 and 21 October 2022. Those events gathered in total around 150 participants, representatives of prosecution, judiciary, law enforcement as well as representatives of obliged entities (real estate agencies, accountants, online gaming providers, insurance companies).
The workshops provided information of the main purpose and results of the NRA, and impact on internal policies of all participating entities. Participants were familiarized with key findings on the trends and typologies of money laundering present in Serbia, cross border threats and main predicate offences to money laundering. Participants had the opportunity to get acquainted with the international standards and application in practice of measures against ML and TF in line with the updated and reliable outcomes of the ML and TF risk assessment process. Coordinators of the NRA (representatives of prosecution, National Bank of Serbia, Securities Commission and APML) presented their experience in the development of the risk assessment and key findings. All workshops dedicated particular attention to the mitigation of risks affecting the real estate sector and accounting as most relevant for particular regions and beneficiaries.
All workshops were conducted fully taking into account the Action Plan of the Government for implementation of the National Strategy for Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in Serbia. In total, the awareness raising activities reached more than 300 representatives of the judiciary, law enforcement and obliged entities around the country.
The Project “Preventing Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in Serbia” is funded by Sweden, represented by the Swedish International Development Agency and implemented by the Council of Europe.