On July 16, 2024, the National Bank of Tajikistan hosted the next meeting of the Compliance Council with the participation of representatives of state regulatory and supervision bodies in the field of combating (legalization) of proceeds of crime, financing of terrorism and financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (CLPC/FT/FPWMD), including the Ministry of Justice, communications services, as well as representatives of credit financial institutions.
The meeting was opened by Mirzoaliev H., Director of Financial Monitoring Department, (Head of the Council) emphasizing that holding of such events provides an opportunity to collectively use advanced experience to prevent the consequences of the risks in the banking system of the country.
It was noted that in the extremely complex and sensitive conditions of globalization, the development of various financial technologies and services, as well as recent developments, including the spread of many false incentive ads by criminal groups in order to obtain easy income, work programs must be updated in the shortest possible time and customers of the banking system should be protected from any risks.
Further, according to the agenda of the meeting, the representatives of Financial Monitoring Department provided an overview of customer due diligence process in accordance with the requirements of Instruction No. 257 "On Customer Due Diligence ", brief information on the activities carried out in the direction of the procedure for working with sanctions lists by financial credit institutions and brief information was presented to the participants about the application in this area.
In this process, the experience of JSC "Eskhata Bank" and JSC "Alif Bank" in the field of CLPC/FT/FPWMD and work innovations of the mentioned credit financial institutions were presented.
During the meeting, the participants exchanged opinions on the issues of the agenda and made proposals to overcome the problems in the work.
It should be noted the Compliance Council is a consultative body between the authorized body of the CLPC/FT/FPWMD, the state regulatory and supervision body in this field and accountable entities.
Financial Monitoring Department
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17.07.2024