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Closing Conference of the Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP) initiative for Romania
The Council of Europe’s Economic Crime and Cooperation Division organised the Closing Conference of the Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP) initiative “Money laundering and terrorism financing risk compliance: “Implementing a national mechanism to assess and manage money laundering and...
Romanian investigators and prosecutors trained to train their peers on financial investigations
The Council of Europe Economic Crime and Cooperation Division organised a three-day Training of Trainers on money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) financial investigations, in Bucharest, Romania, from 13 to 15 December 2022. The event was organised based on the gaps and needs identified...
Peer-to-peer exchange on the effective implementation of AML/CFT supervision of agents and distributors of payment service providers
On 13 December 2022 the Council of Europe Economic Crime and Cooperation Division organised the workshop “Risk-based supervision: Effective implementation of Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) supervision of agents and distributors of payment service providers”,...
Raising private sector awareness on the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing National Risk Assessment of Romania
In 2021 and 2022, the Council of Europe Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) supported Romanian authorities with conducting its first Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (ML/TF) National Risk Assessment (NRA), pursuant to the Council of Europe ML/TF National Risk Assessment...
Regional Workshop “Risk-Based AML/CFT Supervision: Effective Assessment and Mitigation of Emerging Money Laundering/Terrorist Financing Risks”
On 27-28 October 2022, the Council of Europe’s Economic Crime and Cooperation Division, in cooperation with the European Commission Directorate General for Structural Reform Support (DG REFORM) and the Bank of Portugal, held a multi-country Workshop on “Risk-Based AML/CFT Supervision: Effective...
Enhancing Romanian Financial Intelligence Unit’s capacities to conduct strategic analysis
Following the adoption of the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (ML/TF) National Risk Assessment (NRA) of Romania conducted pursuant to the Council of Europe Methodology, different stakeholders of the anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) framework of...
Effective implementation of sanctions for AML/CFT breaches – bilateral exchange between Romanian and Spanish practitioners
In parallel to the ongoing efforts aimed at supporting the Romanian authorities with the identification and implementation of specific mitigation measures and the development of the anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) Action Plan of Romania, the Council of...
Romanian competent authorities trained on conducting financial investigations of money laundering cases
While supporting Romanian authorities with the development of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Action Plan of Romania, the Council of Europe Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) is also assisting Romanian authorities with implementing...
Training on investigating and prosecuting terrorist financing cases for Romanian competent authorities
Romanian authorities have recently finalised the country’s first Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (ML/TF) National Risk Assessment, following the Council of Europe’s Methodology, with support from the Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) of the Council of Europe. While the...
Presentation of the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing National Risk Assessment Report of Romania
On 20 May 2022, the Council of Europe Economic Crime and Cooperation Division, in cooperation with the European Commission Directorate General for Structural Reform Support (DG REFORM) and Romanian authorities hosted a high-level event to present the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing...
Practical implementation of the Council of Europe AML/CFT Sectoral Risk Assessment Methodology for Virtual Assets and Virtual Asset Service Providers introduced to Romanian stakeholders
Romanian authorities have recently finalised the country’s first Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (ML/TF) National Risk Assessment, following the Council of Europe’s methodology, with support from the Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) of the Council of Europe. While the...
Supporting Romanian financial supervisory authorities with sectoral money laundering and terrorist financing risk assessments
The Council of Europe’s Economic Crime and Cooperation Division, in cooperation with the European Commission Directorate General for Structural Reform Support (DG REFORM) organised a Workshop on lessons learnt and good practices for developing Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (ML/TF)...
Romanian authorities undertake the development of their Action Plan on Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism
In 2021, Romania launched its first Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (ML/TF) National Risk Assessment (NRA), pursuant to the Council of Europe ML/TF National Risk Assessment Methodology. Following significant work within a thorough technical process undertaken by relevant institutions...
Supporting Romanian authorities in finalising the money laundering and terrorism financing National Risk Assessment Report
The Council of Europe Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) is providing continuous support to Romanian authorities in conducting the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (ML/TF) National Risk Assessment (NRA) of Romania. Following a review of the first draft ML/TF NRA report in...
First steps towards the preparation of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Action Plan of Romania
The Council of Europe’s Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) is currently supporting the Romanian authorities with conducting their Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (ML/TF) National Risk Assessment (NRA). As this process is advancing, the authorities participating in this...
Discussing the First Draft Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing National Risk Assessment Report of Romania
On 14 December 2021, the Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) of the Council of Europe organised a Workshop to discuss the first draft Money Laundering and Terrorism financing (ML/TF) National Risk Assessment (NRA) Report of Romania. The event took place in a hybrid format in Bucharest,...
Workshop on conducting Sectorial Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Risk Assessment of Virtual Assets and Virtual Assets Service Providers
On the 15th of November of 2021, the Economic Crime and Cooperation Division of the Council of Europe held a full-day online workshop to present and train the participants of nine countries on the recently developed Council of Europe Methodology for the Sectorial Assessment of Money Laundering...
Assessing money laundering and terrorist financing vulnerabilities with regard to legal persons and legal arrangements in Romania
In parallel with the ongoing Money Laundering (ML) and Terrorism Financing (TF) National Risk Assessment (NRA), the Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) is assisting the Romanian authorities with assessing the ML and TF vulnerabilities of specific sectors of the national economy. In...
Supporting Romanian authorities with advancing the AML/CFT National Risk Assessment process
On 20 and 21 October 2021, through a mission to Bucharest, Romania, the Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) organised a series of in person meetings with project beneficiary institutions in order to take stock of progress made so far and further support the finalisation of the first...
Annual Steering Committee Meeting of the SRSP initiative for Romania
The Second Steering Committee meeting of the SRSP Project “Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Risk Compliance: Implementing a National Mechanism to Assess and Manage Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Risks in Romania” was held virtually on 15 July 2021. The event brought together...