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MONEYVAL publishes new follow-up report on Ukraine
The Council of Europe’s body MONEYVAL has published a new report reviewing the efforts of Ukraine to improve its anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) measures since the adoption of its mutual evaluation report in December 2017. Due to the high number of...
Belarus: joint statement by the Committee of Ministers Presidency, PACE President and Secretary General
In a joint statement by the Alternate Foreign Minister of Greece, Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, President of the Committee of Ministers, Rik Daems, President of the Parliamentary Assembly and Marija Pejčinović Burić, Secretary General, the three Council of Europe leaders called on the Belarusian...
Commissioner for Human Rights calls for prompt investigations into Alexei Navalny’s case
"Alexei Navalny’s condition remains serious a week after he fell into a coma. I express my sympathy to him, his family and friends, and I hope he will fully recover soon," said Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović. "Mr Navalny is a prominent Russian anti-corruption...
Czech Republic strengthens anti-money laundering measures, but shortcomings remain
In a follow up report on the Czech Republic, the Council of Europe’s anti-money laundering body MONEYVAL concludes that the country has improved measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, but still needs to make progress in certain areas. Since the adoption of its mutual...