The purpose of the workshop was to present to the commercial banks and payment institutions operating in the Republic of Armenia, as well as to the Central Bank of Armenia, including the Financial Monitoring Center the international best practices regarding money laundering and terrorism financing risks related to virtual assets and virtual asset service providers, and the appropriate mitigating measures to address those risks, as well as to enhance the participants’ awareness of identification and mitigation of those risks.
This workshop was organized within the framework of the Project on “Strengthening institutional capacities to fight and prevent corruption in Armenia” which is co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe in their Partnership for Good Governance II.