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MONEYVAL holds the annual typologies meeting
More than 120 delegates representing MONEYVAL members and observers attended the annual MONEYVAL typologies meeting which took place virtually on the 24th of March 2023. Led by Isle of Man, the project analyses various aspects of the potential use of virtual assets (VA) and virtual asset service...
MONEYVAL carries out evaluation visit to Montenegro
As part of the mutual evaluation of Montenegro, 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 Montenegro from 6 to 17 March 2023. The purpose of...
MONEYVAL continues the evaluation process of North Macedonia
MONEYVAL has continued its 5th round mutual evaluation of North Macedonia with a meeting between the assessment team and country’s authorities held on 15 to 17 March 2023 in Strasbourg (France). The meeting is organised approximately two months ahead of the Plenary, at which the report on the...
MONEYVAL carries out evaluation visit to Azerbaijan
As part of the mutual evaluation of Azerbaijan, 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 Azerbaijan from 1 to 15 March 2023. The assessment...
MONEYVAL continues the evaluation process of Romania
MONEYVAL has continued its 5th round mutual evaluation of Romania with a meeting between the assessment team and country’s authorities held on 7 to 9 March 2023 in Strasbourg (France). The meeting is organised approximately two months ahead of the Plenary, at which the report on the country’s...
Estonia should continue strengthening the capacities and performance of the private sector and improve its law enforcement efforts in combating money laundering and terrorism financing
In a report published today, Council of Europe’s anti-money laundering body MONEYVAL encourages Estonia to further strengthen measures to combat money laundering (ML) and financing of terrorism (FT), among others by re-enforcing the capacities and performance of the private sector and improving...
Monaco should step up its efforts to investigate and prosecute money laundering, to confiscate and recover proceeds of crime as well as to strengthen its supervisory system
In a report published today, the Council of Europe’s anti-money laundering body MONEYVAL encourages Monaco to further strengthen measures to combat money laundering (ML) and financing of terrorism (FT), in particular when it comes to investigating and prosecuting money laundering, confiscating...
MONEYVAL report on Lithuania: improvements in transparency of legal persons and in powers of customs authorities
Lithuania has improved its measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing; it has been upgraded from “partially compliant” to “largely compliant” with the FATF (Financial Action Task Force) Recommendations 24 and 32, related to transparency of legal persons and cash couriers,...
MONEYVAL holds its 64th Plenary meeting and marks its 25 year anniversary
On 7-9 December 2022 MONEYVAL held its 64th Plenary meeting. It was opened by the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe Mr Bjørn Berge. In his speech Mr Berge underlined the expanding role of MONEYVAL as a part of the Council of Europe and congratulated Committee on its 25 year...
Isle of Man required to take further steps against money laundering and terrorist financing
The Council of Europe’s committee of experts on money laundering and the financing of terrorism, MONEYVAL, has again called for internal control requirements to be extended in the Isle of Man. MONEYVAL published today its fourth follow-up report on the Isle of Man, following a mutual evaluation...
MONEYVAL report on Georgia: improvements in the Financial Monitoring Service powers to disseminate information to law enforcement authorities, but other deficiencies remain
Georgia has improved its measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing; it has demonstrated good progress and has been upgraded from “partially compliant” to “largely compliant” with the FATF (Financial Action Task Force) Recommendation 29, related to Financial Intelligence Units,...
MONEYVAL report on Cyprus: improvements on measures to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism
Cyprus has made some progress in improving its level of compliance with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards on combatting money laundering and the financing of terrorism, according to the second enhanced follow-up report published today by the Council of Europe’s Committee of Experts on...
MONEYVAL acknowledges Slovakia’s steady improvements in measures to prevent money laundering: new report
The Republic of Slovakia has improved measures to combat money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF), demonstrating good progress in the level of compliance with the FATF (Financial Action Task Force) standards, concludes the Council of Europe’s anti-money laundering body MONEYVAL in a...
MONEYVAL report on Czech Republic: improvements to detect the physical cross-border transportation of currency and bearer negotiable instruments
The Czech Republic has taken some steps to enhance its level of compliance with the FATF (Financial Action Task Force) standards to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, in particular concerning the physical cross-border transportation of currency and bearer negotiable instruments,...
The MONEYVAL Chair takes part in the Third Ministerial Conference 'No Money for Terror' in New Delhi
The Chair of MONEYVAL Ms Elżbieta Franków-Jaśkiewicz took part in the Third Ministerial Conference 'No Money for Terror' in New Delhi, 18-19 November 2022. It included over 500 delegates from across the world, including Ministers, Heads of Multilateral organisations and Financial Action Task...
High-level joint visit of the MONEYVAL Chair and FATF Secretariat to Bulgaria
The Chair of MONEYVAL Ms Elżbieta Franków-Jaśkiewicz visited Sofia to hold high-level meetings with policymakers in Bulgaria on the implementation of MONEYVAL’s recommendations. The visit was held jointly with representatives of the FATF Secretariat. The Joint MONEYVAL-FATF delegation met with...
MONEYVAL launches the evaluation process of the UK Crown Dependency of Jersey (1 and 2 November 2022 in St. Helier)
MONEYVAL has launched its 5th round mutual evaluation process of the United Kingdom Crown Dependency of Jersey with a high-level exchange including the Deputy Elaine Millar, Assistant Minister for Treasury and Resources, Deputy Philip Ozouf, Minister for External Relations and the Chair of...
MONEYVAL launches the evaluation process of Bosnia and Herzegovina (27 and 28 October 2022 in Sarajevo)
MONEYVAL has launched its 5th round mutual evaluation process of Bosnia and Herzegovina with a high-level exchange including the Deputy Minister of Justice, Mr Nezir Pivic and the Chair of MONEYVAL, Ms Elżbieta FRANKOW-JAŚKIEWICZ. The high-level exchange was followed by a training for the...
Islamic Development Bank becomes an observer to MONEYVAL
Following a request to MONEYVAL by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) to obtain observer status, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, as the superseding body to MONEYVAL, considered and agreed with this request. The decision implemented through an amendment to the Statute of...
MONEYVAL carries out evaluation visit to North Macedonia
As part of the mutual evaluation of North Macedonia, 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 from 21 September to 4 October 2022. The purpose...
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