OSCE supports training webinar on the role of financial intelligence units in investigating suspicious transactions

An OSCE-supported half-day training webinar on the role of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) in investigating suspicious transactions concluded in Nur-Sultan on 27 August 2020.

The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan organized the online event in partnership with the Committee on Financial Monitoring under the Finance Ministry and the Law Enforcement Academy under the Prosecutor General’s office/Hub to Counter Global Threats.

Some 20 representatives of Kazakhstan’s law enforcement agencies attended the event. They discussed the role of the FIU in identifying illegal transactions, exchanging data with foreign counterparts and in identifying beneficial ownership information. An international expert from Slovenia covered topics such as the authority of local law enforcement agencies to suspend/delay suspicious transactions domestically, the channels of data exchange among foreign FIUs and information gathering related to assets that are subject to confiscation.

The training webinar is part of the Programme Office’s multi-year efforts to promote good governance by focussing on anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism in Kazakhstan.