NBM EXPERTS STUDYING NEW RULES OF COMBATING MONEY LAUNDERING

Specialists from the National Bank of Moldova have familiarized themselves with new rules of international bodies in the sphere of prevention of money laundering and terror funding.

The new recommendations were presented at a seminar held with the assistance of the USAID Project “Financial Sector Transparency Activity (FSTA)”. It is one in a series of the FSTA-supported measures permitting Moldovan supervisory bodies to efficiently combat financial crimes and prevent them.

The purpose of the organized online trainings was to raise the methodological and operative potential of NBM specialists to assess and reveal possible crimes related to money laundering and terror funding.

The questions considered during the seminar included checking of internal procedures, carrying out of audit missions, cooperation with other bodies, monitoring and reporting about suspicious operations, international sanctions for financial crimes.