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Aml/Cft) Newsletter for Central Asia The World Bank ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTERING THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM (AML/CFT) NEWSLETTER FOR CENTRAL ASIA Issue 29 - July 2008 Available online at http://www.imolin.org CALENDAR 1 EAG Mutual Evaluators Training [regional] 5 International seminar on Combating the Financing of Terrorism [regional] Date: September, 2008 Date: October 1-3, 2008 Organizer: EAG Organizer: Basel Institute on Governance Location: Moscow, Russian Federation Location: Davos, Switzerland Contact information: [email protected] Contact information: Daniel Thelesklaf, thelesklaf@financial- integrity-network.com 2 1-day AML seminar for Kyrgyz FIU, Drug control 6 9th EAG plenary [regional: draft mutual evaluation agency, Financial Police [national] reports on Belarus and Tajikistan] Date: September 17, 2008 Date: December 6-19, 2008 Organizer: UNODC/GPML Organizer: EAG Location: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Location: TBD Contact information: Julia Pilgrim, Contact information: [email protected] [email protected] 3 Seventh Meeting of the Central Asia Border Security 7 28th Moneyval plenary [regional] Initiative (CABSI) [regional] Date: September 22-23, 2008 Date: 8-12 December, 2008 Organizer: CABSI/EU Organizer: MONEYVAL Location: Astana, Kazakhstan Location: Strasbourg, France Contact information: Hardy Roehling Contact information: Gerhard Mild, [email protected] [email protected] 4 Moneyval training for evaluators Date: October 1-3, 2008 Organizer: MONEYVAL Location: Strasbourg, France Contact information: Danielida Weber [email protected] AML/CFT Developments in Central Asia of 2008. Afghanistan is a member of the 2008. Belarus is a member of EAG, Asia Pacific Group (APG) and observer and co-chairs the EAG Typologies AFGHANISTAN to the EAG. Working Group. Afghanistan enacted an AML/CFT law in 2004. The Financial Intelligence Unit was BELARUS CHINA established in 2005. Afghanistan has Belarus became a full member of the commenced application process for Egmont Group in 2007. Belarus is The AML/CFT law was adopted on Egmont Group Membership in 2007; scheduled to undergo a Mutual 31 October 2006 and came into force sponsors are the USA and Malaysia. Evaluation by EAG in July 2008. The on 1 January 2007. The Mutual Afghanistan is scheduled to undergo an mutual evaluation report should be Evaluation Report of China was APG Mutual Evaluation in the 3rd quarter discussed by the EAG in December We welcome contributed articles of up to one page in length! 1 To submit information for inclusion to the newsletter or to be added to or removed from the distribution list, please, contact Ms. Aigerim Yesetova at [email protected] adopted by FATF in June 2007 and by Kyrgyzstan is a member of EAG, and Turkmenistan became an observer EAG in December 2007. China Progress Deputy Chair of EAG member of EAG in December 2007. report was adopted by FATF and EAG in July 2008. China is a member of EAG and FATF, and serves as co-chair of the RUSSIAN FEDERATION EAG Evaluation/Legal Working Group. UZBEKISTAN Joint AML/CFT Mutual Evaluation of Russian Federation was conducted by Pursuant to Presidential Decrees KAZAKHSTAN FATF, Moneyval and EAG in 2007. issued in January, February and Joint Evaluation Report was adopted by April 2007, implementation of The draft AML/CFT law is in the FATF/Moneyval/EAG in June and July certain provisions of the AML/CFT Parliament and its consideration for 2008. Russian Federation is a member law were suspended until the year adoption is postponed to autumn 2008. A of FATF, Moneyval and EAG, Chairs 2013. A Decree of Feb. 20, 2008 decision to establish an FIU within the EAG, has a Deputy Chair of Moneyval, prohibits banks and officials from Ministry of Finance has been taken by the and co-chairs EAG Technical enquiring into legality of sources of Government on 24 April 2008. Assistance, Typologies and funds of transactions executed by Kazakhstan is scheduled to undergo an Evaluation/Legal Working Groups. physical persons. This Decree is EAG Mutual Evaluation in 2nd quarter of effective from 1 April 2008 to 1 April 2009. Kazakhstan is a member of EAG, 2009. Uzbekistan is a member of and co-chairs the technical assistance TAJIKISTAN EAG, and will undergo an AML/CFT th working group. Evaluation by EAG in the 4 quarter The Agency for State Financial Control of 2008. and Combating Corruption was established in Tajikistan in early 2007. KYRGYZSTAN An AML/CFT law is being drafted in the Office of the President. A discussion on The Kyrgyz FIU has commenced its the draft Mutual Evaluation Report of application process for membership in Tajikistan has been postponed until Egmont, sponsored by the Russian EAG Plenary meeting in December Federation and Ukraine. EAG’s 1st round 2008. Tajikistan is a member of EAG. Mutual Evaluation Report of Kyrgyzstan was adopted at the EAG Plenary in June 2007. It is available in EAG website. Progress report was presented during the TURKMENISTAN 7th EAG Plenary meeting in China, 11-14 th Draft AML/CFT law is being December 2007 and during 8 EAG considered by the Parliament of Plenary in Kyrgyzstan, 15-18 July 2008. Turkmenistan. Euro-Asian Group (EAG) Schedule of EAG member-states’ AML/CFT Mutual Evaluations: Country Evaluators On-Site Evaluation Plenary Discussion Evaluation reports English: http://www.fatf- gafi.org/dataoecd/24/45/39148209.pdf Adopted: Russian: FATF (June 2007) http://www.eurasiangroup.org/rus/china.htm CHINA FATF, EAG Completed 2006 EAG (Dec 2007) English and Russian: 2005 Evaluation Report IMF: BELARUS EAG July 27 – Aug 3, 2008 December 2008 http://www.eurasiangroup.org/index-7.htm KAZAKHSTAN EAG 2nd Quarter 2009 November 2009 - English and Russian: Adopted http://www.eurasiangroup.org/kyrgyz.htm KYRGYZSTAN EAG Completed Feb 2007 June 2007 Adopted: FATF (June 2008) Summary of Mutual evaluation report for Russian EAG, FATF, Sept 24 – Oct 2, Moneyval (July 2008) Federation in English: http://www.fatf- RUSSIA MONEYVAL Nov 12-23, 2007 EAG (July 2008) gafi.org/dataoecd/51/27/40945440.pdf TAJIKISTAN World Bank Completed June 2007 EAG (December 2008) - UZBEKISTAN EAG Fourth Quarter 2008 EAG (June 2009) - http://www.eurasiangroup.org We welcome contributed articles of up to one page in length! 2 To submit information for inclusion to the newsletter or to be added to or removed from the distribution list, please, contact Ms. Aigerim Yesetova at [email protected] Technical Assistance Update and Regional news ⇒ On 9-11 July, the OSCE (OSCE Centre in Astana and OSCE Secretariat in Vienna) in co-operation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) organized a 3-day workshop on “Seizing, confiscating and sharing/returning of proceeds/instrumentalities of crime transferred to foreign jurisdictions”. The event brought together international legal experts from Ireland, the United Kingdom, the United States and the Netherlands as well as fifty counterparts from Central Asia, Afghanistan and Ukraine. Interpol and Europol representatives also participated, along with senior legal advisers from the UNODC. The workshop was a response to an OSCE Ministerial Decision that recognizes the importance of implementing the United Nations Convention against Trans-national Organized Crime. Participants discussed ways to enhance legal co-operation in the field of mutual legal assistance, particularly in freezing and confiscating criminal assets. The workshop also aimed at establishing informal links among law-enforcement and judicial personnel and contributed to improving domestic laws and implementing practices to bring them into compliance with international standards. The workshop was funded by the governments of Norway, Belgium and the United States. ⇒ The 8th EAG Plenary meeting was held on July 16-17, 2008 in Issuk-Kul region (Kyrgyzstan) with the participation of EAG member-states (Belarus, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan), as well as the representatives of observer states and organizations (Armenia, Afghanistan, Great Britain, Georgia, India, Italy, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, USA, Turkey, Ukraine, FATF, World Bank,/UNODC, OSCE, EurAsEC, CIS, EBRD and MONEYVAL). Members discussed and adopted the joint EAG/FATF/MONEYVAL mutual evaluation report of Russia’s compliance with AML/CFT international standards, as well as the recommendations to address the deficiencies identified in the course of the evaluation. This report has been approved by FATF in June 2008 and by EAG and MONEYVAL in July 2008 accordingly. The plenary meeting also approved the progress reports of China and Kyrgyzstan The Plenary urged Uzbekistan to make concrete steps to reinstate all components of its AML/CFT system and confirmed the desire of EAG to provide Uzbekistan with the necessary assistance on this issue. EAG decided to send a mission to assess the situation on the ground in Uzbekistan. The mission should take place in September 2008. Discussions and the adoption of the Tajikistan mutual evaluation report has been rescheduled for December 2008, because the Tajik authorities did not submit the draft MER to the EAG Secretariat. AML/CFT typologies research and technical assistance on establishment of national AML/CFT systems in EAG member- states were considered. ⇒ On July 2-4, 2008 Regional Workshop on ML/FT for judges of Central and Eastern Europe took place in Vienna, Austria. The workshop was jointly organized by the OSCE and the UNODC. The main objectives of this workshop were to: (1) provide participants with a sound understanding of the key legal
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