OSCE Centre organizes trip for Kazakhstani officals to learn about combating money-laundering, financing of terrorism
(OSCE)Kazakhstan Member of Parliament Abdygali Akhmetov (L) and Roza Dossymbekova (R) of the General Prosecutor's office, discuss ways to combat money-laundering with the Head of the Finance Intelligence Unit of Latvia, Aldis Lieljuksis, in Riga, March 2006. (OSCE) Photo details
ALMATY, 29 March 2006 - A group of Kazakh Members of Parliament and representatives of the General Prosecutors Office and the NGO Forum of Entrepreneurs, visited Latvia and Russia to learn about ways to fight money-laundering and the financing of terrorism.
The study trip, organized by the OSCE Centre in Almaty and the Parliament of Kazakhstan, was arranged prior to the adoption in Kazakhstan of legislation on preventing money-laundering and the financing of terrorism.
The Kazakhstan delegation met Latvian and Russian experts from Financial Intelligence Units, law enforcement agencies, National Banks, as well as parliamentarians.
"As Kazakhstan discusses the legislative base for fighting money-laundering and combating the financing of terrorism, it is very useful to familiarize with the best practices in this area," said Senator Kabdygali Akhmetov, a member of the parliament's Committee on reconstruction and legal policy. "Successful experience can be adapted and employed by our country."
Prior to the study tour to Russia and Latvia, the OSCE Centre has also organized several meetings in the regions of Kazakhstan to discuss the draft law on money-laundering and the financing of terrorism, submitted to Parliament in April 2005. These activities were carried out in close co-operation with the Parliament and the General Prosecutors Office. The results of those discussions, as well as a comment on the law by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, were presented at a concluding meeting in Astana on 16 March.
The study trip, organized by the OSCE Centre in Almaty and the Parliament of Kazakhstan, was arranged prior to the adoption in Kazakhstan of legislation on preventing money-laundering and the financing of terrorism.
The Kazakhstan delegation met Latvian and Russian experts from Financial Intelligence Units, law enforcement agencies, National Banks, as well as parliamentarians.
"As Kazakhstan discusses the legislative base for fighting money-laundering and combating the financing of terrorism, it is very useful to familiarize with the best practices in this area," said Senator Kabdygali Akhmetov, a member of the parliament's Committee on reconstruction and legal policy. "Successful experience can be adapted and employed by our country."
Prior to the study tour to Russia and Latvia, the OSCE Centre has also organized several meetings in the regions of Kazakhstan to discuss the draft law on money-laundering and the financing of terrorism, submitted to Parliament in April 2005. These activities were carried out in close co-operation with the Parliament and the General Prosecutors Office. The results of those discussions, as well as a comment on the law by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, were presented at a concluding meeting in Astana on 16 March.