The Russian interagency delegation led by Rosfinmonitoring took part in the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism (CETS 198) held in Strasbourg on April 22-23. 2009.
At the close of the Conference and at the suggestion of the Russian Federation, the Eurasian Group on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism (EAG) was included in the list of participants of the Conference of the Parties to the mentioned Convention.
The State-Secretary – Deputy Head of Rosfinmonitoring N.Varlamov, head of the Russian delegation, pointed that the EAG accession to the Conference was aimed at strengthening the EAG authority on the international scene and to increase the EAG input to the joint fight of the international community against money laundering and terrorist financing.
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