Issyk-Kul hosts Eurasian Forum on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism

Bishkek, Sept.10, 2019 /Kabar/. The State Financial Intelligence Service under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, its Training Methodical Center, and the OSCE cooperate in the issues of combating money laundering and terrorism financing.
The press service of the Service reported that Issyk-Kul on Sept. 10-12 hosts the Eurasian Forum on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism.
The Forum is held under the aegis of the State Financial Intelligence Service in close cooperation with the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism, as well as with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism.
The Forum is attended by international experts, representatives of international and regional organizations from the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism, the UN Office on Crime and Drugs, the UN Monitoring Group on UN Security Council Resolution 1267, the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia, the European Union, CARICC, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the SCO RATS, the Asian Development Bank, the Eurasian Development Bank, the EAG, the International Training and Methodology Center for Financial Monitoring and the Egmont Group, as well as representatives of financial intelligence units and competent authorities from Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Switzerland and Uzbekistan.
The following issues will be considered at the Forum: best practices in countering the financing of terrorism and money laundering, assessment of cross-border risks of terrorism financing and money laundering, the specifics of cross-border drug payment and money laundering schemes with the use of electronic payment instruments and cryptocurrencies, the use of blockchain and cryptocurrency for the purpose of financing terrorism, corruption and money laundering, the financing of terrorism through the proceeds of crime, including the proceeds of organized criminal activity.