The Committee of experts on the evaluation of anti-money laundering measures and the financing of terrorism (MONEYVAL) held its 64th Plenary meeting in Strasbourg from 7 to 9 December 2022. In his opening speech, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Bjørn Berge, underlined the growing role of MONEYVAL within the Council of Europe, and congratulated the Committee on its 25th anniversary.
The Executive secretary of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Violaine Clerc addressed the Plenary highlighting the high level of cooperation between FATF and MONEYVAL and commending MONEYVAL for the quality of its mutual evaluations.
The Plenary meeting discussed and adopted the mutual evaluation reports of Estonia and Monaco and the follow-up report of Lithuania. It held a thematic session on the links between money laundering and human trafficking, with an exchange of views involving Helga Gayer, President of the Council of Europe Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA), Petya Nestorova, Executive Secretary of GRETA, and Daniel Thelesklaf, leader of the Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAST) Project of the UN University.
MONEYVAL held a discussion on its strategic priorities for the period 2023-2027 with the involvement of its former Chairs, Vassil Kirov, Anton Bartolo, Klaudijo Stroligo, Daniel Thelesklaf, former Vice-Chair Eva Papakyriacou, scientific experts, Bill Gilmore and Boudewijn Verhelst, and former Executive secretary John Ringguth. The Plenary also held an exchange of views with the Executive secretary of the Egmont Group, Jérôme Beaumont.
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