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Slovak Republic COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON THE EVALUATION OF ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING MEASURES AND THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM (MONEYVAL) MONEYVAL(2020)21 Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures Slovak Republic Fifth Round Mutual Evaluation Report September 2020 The Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism - MONEYVAL is a permanent monitoring body of the Council of Europe entrusted with the task of assessing compliance with the principal international standards to counter money laundering and the financing of terrorism and the effectiveness of their implementation, as well as with the task of making recommendations to national authorities in respect of necessary improvements to their systems. Through a dynamic process of mutual evaluations, peer review and regular follow-up of its reports, MONEYVAL aims to improve the capacities of national authorities to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism more effectively. The fifth round mutual evaluation report on Slovak All rights reserved. Reproduction is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged, save where otherwise stated. For any use for Republic was adopted by the commercial purposes, no part of this publication may be translated, MONEYVAL Committee at its reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic 60th Plenary Session (CD-Rom, Internet, etc.) or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage or retrieval system without (Strasbourg, 16 – 18 September prior permission in writing from the MONEYVAL Secretariat, 2020). Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe (F-67075 Strasbourg or [email protected]) Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY............................................................................................................................................................... 6 Key Findings ................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Risks and General Situation ................................................................................................................................................... 8 Overall Level of Compliance and Effectiveness ............................................................................................................. 8 Priority Actions ........................................................................................................................................................................ 14 Effectiveness & Technical Compliance Ratings .......................................................................................................... 16 MUTUAL EVALUATION REPORT ...................................................................................................................................... 17 Preface ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 CHAPTER 1. ML/TF RISKS AND CONTEXT ................................................................................................................... 18 1.1 ML/TF Risks and Scoping of Higher-Risk Issues .................................................................................................... 18 1.2 Materiality and level of ML/TF risks of the different FIs and DNFBPs ......................................................... 22 1.3 Structural Elements ......................................................................................................................................................... 23 1.4 Background and other Contextual Factors ............................................................................................................. 23 CHAPTER 2. NATIONAL AML/CFT POLICIES AND COORDINATION ............................................................... 32 2.1. Key Findings and Recommended Actions ........................................................................................................... 32 2.2 Immediate Outcome 1 (Risk, Policy and Coordination) .................................................................................. 33 CHAPTER 3. LEGAL SYSTEM AND OPERATIONAL ISSUES ................................................................................... 41 3.1 Key Findings and Recommended Actions ............................................................................................................. 41 3.2. Immediate Outcome 6 (Financial Intelligence ML/TF) .................................................................................. 45 3.3. Immediate Outcome 7 (ML investigation and prosecution) ........................................................................ 58 3.4. Immediate Outcome 8 (Confiscation) .................................................................................................................... 80 CHAPTER 4. TERRORIST FINANCING AND FINANCING OF PROLIFERATION ........................................... 98 4.1. Key Findings and Recommended Actions ............................................................................................................ 98 4.2 Immediate Outcome 9 (TF investigation and prosecution)........................................................................ 100 4.3. Immediate Outcome 10 (TF preventive measures and financial sanctions) ...................................... 106 4.4 Immediate Outcome 11 (PF financial sanctions) ............................................................................................ 109 CHAPTER 5. PREVENTIVE MEASURES ........................................................................................................................ 112 5.1 Key Findings and Recommended Actions .......................................................................................................... 112 5.2. Immediate Outcome 4 (Preventive Measures) ............................................................................................... 113 CHAPTER 6. SUPERVISION ................................................................................................................................................ 123 6.1. Key Findings and Recommended Actions ............................................................................................................ 123 6.2. Immediate Outcome 3 (Supervision) .................................................................................................................. 124 CHAPTER 7. LEGAL PERSONS AND ARRANGEMENTS ......................................................................................... 139 7.1. Key Findings and Recommended Actions ............................................................................................................ 139 7.2. Immediate Outcome 5 (Legal Persons and Arrangements) ....................................................................... 140 CHAPTER 8. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ....................................................................................................... 145 8.1. Key Findings and Recommended Actions ......................................................................................................... 145 8.2. Immediate Outcome 2 (International Cooperation) ..................................................................................... 145 TECHNICAL COMPLIANCE ANNEX .................................................................................................................................... 167 Recommendation 1 – Assessing risks and applying a risk-based approach ............................................... 167 Recommendation 2 - National Cooperation and Coordination ........................................................................ 169 Recommendation 3 - Money laundering offence .................................................................................................... 171 Recommendation 4 - Confiscation and provisional measures .......................................................................... 174 Recommendation 5 - Terrorist financing offence .................................................................................................. 178 Recommendation 6 - Targeted financial sanctions related to terrorism and terrorist financing ...... 180 Recommendation 7 – Targeted financial sanctions related to proliferation .............................................. 185 Recommendation 8 – Non-profit organisations...................................................................................................... 188 Recommendation 9 – Financial institution secrecy laws .................................................................................... 191 Recommendation 10 – Customer due diligence ..................................................................................................... 192 Recommendation 11 – Record-keeping ..................................................................................................................... 196 Recommendation 12 – Politically exposed persons .............................................................................................. 197 Recommendation 13 – Correspondent banking ..................................................................................................... 198 Recommendation 14 – Money or value transfer services ..................................................................................
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