Suspension of membership in the FATF, blocking of assets, deprivation of rights: Gosfinmonitoring reported on the results of the

14 April 2023, 16:55 | Economy
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Suspension of Russia's membership in the International Group on Combating Dirty Money Laundering (FATF), exclusion and restriction of rights in other organizations and freezing of assets. Gosfinmonitoring reported on the results of its work since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation.

Russia's membership in the FATF has been suspended. The actions of the Russian Federation are recognized as contrary to the principles of the FATF and are a gross violation of the FATF Standards. Further measures are being implemented,” the State Financial Monitoring Service reported..

They also reported that Russia was excluded from the Committee of Experts of the Council of Europe on the mutual evaluation of measures to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism. In addition, the Russian FIU is restricted from membership in the so-called Egmont group.. In particular, in this context, Russia is deprived of the right to hold leadership, advisory and representative positions, and also cannot hold meetings and participate in projects.

Another point in the report of the State Financial Monitoring Service indicates the deprivation of the Russian Federation of observer status in the Asia-Pacific Group on Combating Money Laundering. In addition, as of day 415 of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia is deprived of a number of rights under the 2005 Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds of Crime and Financing of Terrorism (CETS 198). Now the Russian Federation cannot vote on certain issues, perform the functions of a speaker, coordinator, head of a delegation, etc..

Also, thanks to the work of the State Financial Monitoring Service, data on suspicious financial transactions in the amount of UAH 79.2 billion were transferred to law enforcement and intelligence agencies.. Financial transactions for UAH 9.45 billion are also blocked.

In general, for 415 days of a full-scale war:.

processed 82,472 reports of financial transactions;

analyzed 37,136 messages about the transfer of funds abroad;

316 cases are being investigated on suspicion of treason;



information about 448 collaborators and traitors was transferred to law enforcement agencies;

blocked 2061 accounts of collaborators and other persons;

1456 requests for joint financial investigations were sent to 147 foreign financial intelligence agencies.

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The inclusion of Russia in the " He noted that it is time for the international community to treat Russia as the terrorist state it has become..




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