On June 9th, 2022, the round table "Compliance with the AML/CFT Regime by Supervisory Authorities and Mobile Operators. Formation of the Internal Control System in the Sector of Mobile Operators, Regulation of this Category of Organizations" was held at the ITMCFM.
The event, organized on the initiative of the Financial Monitoring Department of the State Control Committee of the Republic of Belarus, was attended by representatives of financial intelligence units, competent authorities and the private sector of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. The Russian Federation was represented by Rosfinmonitoring, Roskomnadzor and telecommunication operators.
During the event, the participants reviewed and discussed the organization of internal control system for telecommunication operators, practice of building the identification process of customers (individuals and legal entities), indicators of suspicious financial transactions and assessment by operators of the risks degree, control over cross-border money transfers in order to prevent ML/TF risks.
This practice of exchanging country experience between financial intelligence units, supervisory authorities and representatives of the private sector makes it possible to increase the level and effectiveness of interaction between all AML/CFT stakeholders.
The participants noted the expediency of periodically holding such practical experience sharing events.
