The 71st Plenary meeting of the Council of Europe's Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) was held from 26 to 29 May 2026, with Mr Nicola Muccioli (San Marino) presiding as Chair. The Plenary brought together around 200 AML/CFT experts from approximately 50 jurisdictions and international organisations to Strasbourg (France).

Among the key outcomes of the Plenary, MONEYVAL examined and adopted the mutual evaluation reports of Armenia and Slovenia, respectively the third and fourth countries to be evaluated under MONEYVAL’s 6th evaluation round. In addition, the Plenary adopted follow-up reports, under the 5th round of evaluation, for Romania and Bulgaria. Georgia was removed from the Compliance Enhancing Procedures (CEPs) process, whereas it was proposed that Poland remains in Step 1 of the CEPs. All adopted reports will be published in the following weeks, after the completion of the relevant post-adoption processes and in accordance with MONEYVAL’s publication policy.

Other key topics included the adoption of amendments to the 6th round Rules of Procedure of MONEYVAL and several presentations from external guests, including an exchange of views with the European Union Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA), with the Secretariat of the Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions (the Macolin Convention) on Guidelines on combatting money laundering through sports betting, as well as with the FATF Secretariat on revisions to the ICRG Procedures.