ASHGABAT -- The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) organised a two-day seminar in Ashgabat beginning Monday (June 10) to promote best practices against money laundering and terror financing, the OSCE said on its website Tuesday (June 11).
The event was jointly organised by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat and the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan and its Financial Monitoring Service.
The aim of the seminar was "to enhance the participants' understanding of international legislative provisions and standards ensuring the effectiveness of internal control rules for the designated non-financial businesses and professions sector, as well as to share best practices of interagency co-operation in the area," the website said.
Representatives from the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan and its Financial Monitoring Service, law-enforcement and supervisory bodies and other relevant agencies of Turkmenistan discussed its national system and international standards of anti-money laundering and countering terror financing.
