​  On 22 November 2017, the Armenian delegation headed by Mr. Daniel Azatyan, the head of the Financial Monitoring Center, participated in the 10th anniversary meeting of the Council of Heads of Financial Intelligence Units of CIS Member States (hereinafter: the Council) held in Moscow.

  In the course of the meeting the participants discussed, inter alia, the question of identifying and mitigating regional risks of money laundering and terrorism financing, the results of joint efforts aimed at identifying international terrorist centers, the project on developing recommendations for the prevention of using electronic payment systems in ML/FT and the outcomes of a research on developing common measures for combating proliferation financing.
  At the end of the meeting, an official award ceremony was held on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the Council to acknowledge the significant input of member financial intelligence units, partner organizations and individuals in securing the successful operation of the Council.