The CIS countries discussed the risks of using modern digital tools to finance terrorist activities and measures to neutralize them

    Safety&Sequrity 26 April 2024 2961

    Representatives of the Department for Combating Economic Crimes under the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan took part in the 26th meeting of the Council of Heads of Financial Intelligence Units of the CIS member States, which took place on April 24 in Nizhny Novgorod.

    The Council was attended by heads (representatives) of financial intelligence units of all states - participants in the Agreement on the formation of the SRPF: the Financial Monitoring Center of the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia, the Financial Monitoring Department of the State Control Committee of the Republic of Belarus, the Financial Monitoring Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the State Financial Intelligence Service under the Ministry of Finance of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Federal Financial Monitoring Service of the Russian Federation, the Financial Monitoring Department under the National Bank of Tajikistan.

    The main issue on the agenda of the meeting was the risks of using modern digital tools to finance terrorist activities and measures to neutralize them.

    The members of the SRPF exchanged positions on further cooperation in the field of financial security in the CIS area. Cooperation in this area is being implemented, among other things, within the framework of the International Center for Risk Assessment of the Legalization (Laundering) of Proceeds from Crime and the Financing of Terrorism.

    The next, 27th meeting of the Council is scheduled to be held in May 2024 in the Kyrgyz Republic.

    The press service of the CIS Executive Committee.