Arka News Agency, Armenia
Feb 14 2007

ARMENIA’S REPORT TO BE DISCUSSED AT JOINT MEETING OF FATF, MONEYVAL
IN STRASBOURG

YEREVAN, February 14. /ARKA/. Armenia’s report is to be discussed at
the joint meeting of FATF and MONEYVAL in the CE Headquarters in
Strasbourg on February 21-23.
The CE press office reported that about 400 leading experts from all
over the world will participate in the first joint meeting of
Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the Committee of Experts on
the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures (MONEYVAL).
The event is held to strengthen the international cooperation in the
fight against money laundering and terrorism financing. In
particular, the meeting participants will discuss the FATF report on
Turkey and the evaluation report of MONEYVAL on Georgia, as well as
the report made by Cyprus. MONEYVAL will also discuss the report of
Armenia and Azerbaijan, the press release says.
Issues on abuses in VAT system and the problem of money laundering in
the South Africa are also on the agenda.
The CE Secretary-General Terry Davis will open the meeting. The Head
of FATF Frank Sverdlov, the Chairman of MONEYVAL Vasil Kirov and the
CE General Director for Legal Issues Philippe Buayatte will give
press conferences.
46 CE countries are members of MONEYVAL. FATF has 33 country-members.
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