Կենտրոնական բանկ

During June–July of this year, trainings were organized for banks, entities providing investment services, the Central Depository of Armenia, credit organizations, entities engaged in money (currency) transfer services, as well as representatives of gambling sector, on the implementation of measures to prevent money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing of weapons of mass destruction (hereinafter referred to as ML/TF/PF). Representatives of the relevant supervisory authorities also participated in the trainings.

During June–July of this year, trainings were organized for banks, entities providing investment services, the Central Depository of Armenia, credit organizations, entities engaged in money (currency) transfer services, as well as representatives of gambling sector, on the implementation of measures to prevent money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing of weapons of mass destruction (hereinafter referred to as ML/TF/PF). Representatives of the relevant supervisory authorities also participated in the trainings.

During the meetings, the following topics were discussed: predicate offenses posing ML threat, identification of ML schemes, detection of suspicious indicators of ML/TF, enhancing the capacity on filing suspicious transaction reports, identification and prevention of ML/TF risks arising from crypto-asset transactions, obligations related to the targeted financial sanctions established by United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1267, 1373, 1718, 1737 and successor resolutions, methods and risks associated with TF/PF sanction evasion, as well as customer due diligence, including the identification of the source of funds/assets and beneficial owners.

The training sessions will be conducted on an ongoing basis, with the aim of keeping all reporting entities informed about developments in the fields of combating ML/TF and PF.