With the support of the EU Anti-Corruption Initiative in Ukraine (EUACI), the representatives of SFMS and ARMA participated in the 6th International Anti-Money Laundering and Compliance Conference: Fighting Financial Crime, which took place on 10-11 December, 2018 in Bratislava, Slovakia. The event was organized by the Banking Association for Central and Eastern Europe (BACEE).
During two days, participants had the opportunity to learn practices of the leading European experts in countering and investigating financial crimes, as well as to join discussion on imposing international sanctions.
In addition, during the conference the following topics were discussed:
- new methods of regulation and anti-money laundering compliance,
- customer identification and verification requirements,
- exchange of information between different authorities engaged in anti-money laundering,
- methods ultimate beneficial ownership verification.
During the event, the representatives of SFMS and ARMA have got acquainted with the best practices in the field of anti-money laundering and combating corruption, and exchanged experience with their foreign colleagues. In this way the EUACI helps the representatives of Ukrainian anti-corruption authorities to cooperate with their colleagues abroad.