The Council of Europe MONEYVAL Committee organized an evaluator training in Dilijan Research and Training Center of the Central Bank of Armenia
On March 9-13, The Council of Europe MONEYVAL Committee organized an evaluator training in the field of combating money laundering and terrorism financing (AML/CFT) in Dilijan Research and Training Center of the Central Bank of Armenia. The training aimed to prepare the representatives of MONEYVAL state parties as experts in financial, legal and law enforcement areas. Certified experts will take part in the upcoming evaluations of MONEYVAL member states’ AML/CFT regime for compliance with FATF (Financial Action Task Force) revised 40 recommendations.
The training was conducted by Mr. John Ringguth, the Executive Secretary to MONEYVAL; Mr. Boudewijn Verhelst, the Deputy Director of Belgian financial intelligence unit; Mr. Richard Walker, Special Advisor for International Affairs of Guernsey Financial Services Commission; and other representatives of MONEYVAL Secretariat. The training was attended by around 40 representatives of financial, legal and law enforcement sectors from 20 member countries of the Council of Europe. The Republic of Armenia was represented by participants from the Financial Monitoring Center of the Central Bank of Armenia, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia.