The event was attended by Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of Russia in the Volga Federal District Igor Panshin.
According to the press service of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Volga Federal District, the central events of the first day of the forum were the plenary session “Current issues in the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism at the present stage” and the meeting of the BRICS Council on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism.
Representatives of the countries exchanged experience and also discussed joint projects and issues of interaction between relevant departments.
Igor Panshin greeted the participants of the International Scientific and Practical Forum on behalf of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of Russia in the Volga Federal District Igor Komarov: “The relevance of the topic of combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism is obvious and does not require any special arguments. Work in this area at the district level is one of the mechanisms of the overall national system for combating suspicious financial transactions. It is directly coordinated by the head of the Russian Presidential Administration, Anton Vaino. The district has organized financial monitoring on an ongoing basis, identified regional risks and threats, and developed countermeasures from law enforcement and regulatory authorities.”
The deputy plenipotentiary also said that following the visit of the FATF mission to the Russian Federation in March 2019, a positive assessment was given of the organization of the work of the anti-money laundering system of the Volga Federal District.
The plenary session was addressed by Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council – Chairman of the Forum of Parliamentarians of EAG Member States Nikolay Zhuravlev, Director of the Federal Service for Financial Monitoring Yuri Chikhanchin, Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Gleb Nikitin, as well as heads of relevant Russian and foreign ministries and departments, experts from Belarus and Egypt , India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Cuba, UAE, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ethiopia and other countries.
During the forum, participants will be able to attend thematic round tables and discuss global and national trends in the field of combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism, exchange experience in matters of financial security and regulation of virtual assets on the sidelines of the Nizhny Novgorod State University student conference.
The forum was organized by the Federal Service for Financial Monitoring, the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism (EAG) and the Council of Heads of Financial Intelligence Units of the Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States (SRIFR).
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04/24/2024 — 15:00
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