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OSCE helps Armenia create financial intelligence unit, hosts delegation in Vienna
VIENNA 17 December 2004
VIENNA, 17 December 2004 - A delegation of Armenian officials and experts were in Vienna from 13 to 17 December on a study tour designed to help them create a financial intelligence unit.
The trip was organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA).
Armenia plans to launch a financial intelligence unit at the Armenian Central Bank in February 2005, in co-operation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the OCEEA
In Vienna, the delegation met international crime-fighting experts as well as experts from the Austrian National Bank, the Ministry of Finance and the Austrian financial intelligence unit.
It also held consultations with representatives of the UNODC and a number of delegations of OSCE-participating States.
Future training courses for members of the Armenian financial intelligence unit will be facilitated by the OSCE Office in Yerevan to help implement a recently adopted Armenian law on combating money-laundering and financing of terrorism.
This visit is part of a range of activities organized by the Office in Yerevan, the OCEEA and UNODC to help improve co-ordination of international action against terrorism, corruption and money-laundering.
The trip was organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA).
Armenia plans to launch a financial intelligence unit at the Armenian Central Bank in February 2005, in co-operation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the OCEEA
In Vienna, the delegation met international crime-fighting experts as well as experts from the Austrian National Bank, the Ministry of Finance and the Austrian financial intelligence unit.
It also held consultations with representatives of the UNODC and a number of delegations of OSCE-participating States.
Future training courses for members of the Armenian financial intelligence unit will be facilitated by the OSCE Office in Yerevan to help implement a recently adopted Armenian law on combating money-laundering and financing of terrorism.
This visit is part of a range of activities organized by the Office in Yerevan, the OCEEA and UNODC to help improve co-ordination of international action against terrorism, corruption and money-laundering.