The project “Preventing Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in Serbia” organized a workshop on the access to financial and non-financial sector information for effective verification of asset declarations in Belgrade, on the 8th December 2021.

The workshop gathered representatives of the Agency for Prevention of Corruption, Administration for Prevention of Money Laundering, Business Registers Agency, Tax Administration, and the Agency for Compulsory Social Insurance. The Council of Europe international experts presented an analysis and recommendations on access to financial and non-financial sector information in the process of assets declaration verification, performed by the Serbian Agency for Prevention of Corruption. The report has been prepared based on the review of relevant legal framework, meetings with different national authorities and information collected through questionnaires. Participants of the workshop discussed the need to further enhance inter-agency co-operation and regular use of already available information and existing data bases, such as Central Register of Beneficial Owners.

The Project “Preventing Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in Serbia” is funded by Sweden, represented by the Swedish International Development Agency, and implemented by the Council of Europe.