On 21-22 November 2023, Minsk hosted a two-day workshop "Current Trends in the Global AML/CFT System" for representatives of law enforcement agencies and financial intelligence units (FIUs).
The event was attended by representatives of the Secretariat of the Council of FIU Heads, EAG Secretariat, MUMCFM, FIU specialists, state and law enforcement agencies and private sector representatives from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
The seminar addressed topical issues arising in the implementation of relevant international standards in the field of combating money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/CFT).
A special feature of the seminar was a practical training using the Grafus training system, conducted for the participants in the format of business games.
The participants were shown the capabilities of Grafus in a training case study, and then conducted their own financial investigations in two scenarios:
Countering the use of NPOs to finance terrorism;
countering the movement of funds to finance international terrorist organisations.