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MONEYVAL carries out evaluation visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina

As part of the mutual evaluation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a team of evaluators from the Council of Europe's Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) carried out an on-site visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina from 12 to 28 February 2024.


The purpose of this mutual evaluation is to assess the country's technical compliance and effective implementation of the international anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) standards, in accordance with the 2013 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) methodology.
The assessment team is composed of MONEYVAL experts with legal, financial and law enforcement experience, assisted by members of the MONEYVAL Secretariat.


At the opening of the on-site visit, the Minister of Security, Mr Nenad Nešić, introduced current measures and planned reforms demonstrating the country’s commitment to combatting money laundering, terrorism financing and financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The assessment team was also received by the Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Srpska, Mr Slobodan Zec.

During the visit, numerous meetings were held with representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s criminal justice system, ministries, supervisory authorities, and other operational agencies involved in AML/CFT. The assessment team also met with representatives of the private sector (including banks, securities firms, casinos, notaries and lawyers) and representatives of non-profit organisations. 


The report is scheduled for discussion and adoption at the 68th plenary meeting of MONEYVAL in December 2024.

Sarajevo 29.02.2024
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At a glance

The Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism - MONEYVAL is a permanent monitoring body of the Council of Europe entrusted with the task of assessing compliance with the principal international standards to counter money laundering and the financing of terrorism and the effectiveness of their implementation, as well as with the task of making recommendations to national authorities in respect of necessary improvements to their systems. Through a dynamic process of mutual evaluations, peer review and regular follow-up of its reports, MONEYVAL aims to improve the capacities of national authorities to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism more effectively.

MONEYVAL (formerly PC-R-EV) was established in 1997 and its functioning was regulated by the general provisions of Resolution Res(2005)47 on committees and subordinate bodies, their terms of reference and working methods. At their meeting on 13 October 2010, the Committee of Ministers adopted the Resolution CM/Res(2010)12 on the Statute of the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) . The statute elevates MONEYVAL as from 1 January 2011 to an independent monitoring mechanism within the Council of Europe answerable directly to the Committee of Ministers. MONEYVAL Statute was further amended in 2013 by the Resolution CM/Res(2013)13 and in 2017 by the Resolution CM/Res(2017)19.