COOPERATION AGREEMENT SIGNED BETWEEN CBA AND RF FEDERAL FINANCIAL MONITORING SERVICE
Noyan Tapan
Jan 22, 2008
YEREVAN, JANUARY 22, NOYAN TAPAN. An agreement on cooperation was
signed between the Financial Monitoring Center of the Central Bank
of Armenia (CBA) and the RF Federal Financial Monitoring Service on
January 22. According to the chairman of the CBA Tigran Sargsian, it
is the first agreement signed between the CBA Financial Monitoring
Center and a foreign financial intelligence body. He said that the
purpose of the agreement is to officially stipulate the experience
of information exchange between the two departments, as well as the
mechanisms of cooperation and mutual assistance in other spheres.
T. Sargsian attached special importance to the seminar on the
fight against money laundering and terrorism financing, which will
be conducted in Yerevan on January 23 by members of the Russian
delegation for the respective units of Armenian law enforcement bodies
and the CBA.
The head of the RF Federal Financial Monitoring Service Oleg
Markov said that the signing of the agreement also proceeds from
the principles of the Egmont Group – an international body uniting
financial intelligence units, which has 120 member states, including
Armenia. In his words, the agreement will contribute to greater
control of the sector and more efficient exchange of information.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
