A regular meeting of the Interagency Commission on combating legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime and financing of terrorism was held in the premises of Rosfinmonitoring on May 19, 2009.
The representatives of Rosfinmonitoring, Central Office of the Government of the Russian Federation, State Duma, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, law enforcement and supervisory bodies, Prosecutor General’s Office, Bank of Russia and other public authorities took part in the meeting.
The meeting focused on implementation of the action plan on addressing the FATF recommendations, provided for in the Mutual Evaluation Report of the Russian Federation, regarding the Russian AML/CFT system improvement, in the second quarter of 2009.
The process of preparation of the Russian delegation to the 10-th Eurasian Group on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism (EAG) Plenary meeting, to be held in Saint-Petersburg on June 8-10, 2009, was also discussed at the meeting.
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