MONEYVAL registers progress in Armenia’s efforts in fighting money laundering

on Friday, February 17, 2012
Armenia occupies the 10th place among 25 countries of the Council of Europe (CoE) as to meeting international standards for fighting money laundering and terrorism financing, Head of the Financial Monitoring Center of the Central Bank (CB) of Armenia Daniel Azatyan told a press conference today, referring to the report of CoE Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL).



Daniel Azatyan noted that in the report, among the post-soviet countries, Armenia yields only to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. According to him, the systems for fighting money laundering and terrorism financing in Armenia have received the high assessment of the Committee.

In particular, significant progress has been registered in legal, financial and law-enforcement spheres.

Source: Public Radio of Armenia

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