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MONEYVAL continues the evaluation process of Latvia
Within the framework of its 6th round of mutual evaluations, the Council of Europe’s Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) organised a face-to-face meeting between the assessment team and Latvian authorities, which was...
MONEYVAL Chair takes part in the seminar on the implementation of the EU AML/CFT package
Chair of MONEYVAL, Mr Nicola Muccioli, took part in a seminar on the implementation of the EU anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism package, which was held in Warsaw on 27-28 March 2025. Organised under the Polish Presidency of a Council of the European Union, the seminar...
MONEYVAL launches the evaluation process of Albania
MONEYVAL has officially launched its 6th round of mutual evaluation of Albania. In this context, a high-level exchange was held, with the participation of General Director of the Albanian Financial Intelligence Agency Mr Ervin Koçi and the Chair of MONEYVAL, Mr Nicola MUCCIOLI. The intervenors...
MONEYVAL launches the new typologies project
MONEYVAL held a meeting on its new typologies project “Practice of Using Virtual Assets, Virtual Asset Service Providers & Platforms in the Laundering of Criminal Property” on 26 February 2025. The project team composed of representatives of Isle of Man, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Czechia, Gibraltar...
MONEYVAL hosted the 2nd FSRBs Forum
The second forum of FATF-Style Regional Bodies (FSRBs), hosted by MONEYVAL in collaboration with the GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), took place from 24 to 25 February, in Strasbourg, France. The event brought together representatives from the seven FSRBs and the...
MONEYVAL delegation takes part in FATF Plenary and Working Group meetings
A MONEYVAL delegation, led by its Chair, took an active part in the FATF Plenary and Working Group meetings held in Paris from 17 to 21 February 2025. The delegation contributed to a number of FATF workstreams, including on continued preparations for the new evaluation round, ensuring a...
Joint FATF and MONEYVAL Standards Training completed
Last week, the FATF Training Institute in partnership with the MONEYVAL Secretariat, delivered a successful Standards Training Course at the Guardia di Finanza Economic-Financial Police School in Ostia, Italy. Over the course of a week, 41 participants from FATF and MONEYVAL jurisdictions...
MONEYVAL Delegation takes part in ‘No Money for Terror’ Conference
A MONEYVAL delegation, led by its President Mr Nicola Muccioli, attended the inter-ministerial Conference "No money for terror" in Munich on 13 February 2025. More than 200 high level officials and experts from different countries and key international organisations took part in the conference....
MONEYVAL calls on Guernsey to step up efforts against money laundering
The Council of Europe’s anti-money laundering body, MONEYVAL, has today published a report urging Guernsey to improve the investigation, prosecution and conviction of money laundering offences whilst also highlighting Guernsey’s good understanding of the risks of money laundering/terrorist...
Bosnia and Herzegovina Urged to Strengthen Efforts Against Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
The Council of Europe’s anti-money laundering body, MONEYVAL, has released a report urging Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to improve its measures to combat money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF). The assessment highlights moderate effectiveness in nine of eleven areas, including risk...
First MONEYVAL Update training course for the 6th round
In the preparation of new cycle of assessments, which will place an even greater focus on effectiveness and on countries’ risk and context, MONEYVAL organised a three day online Update training course for experienced assessors. From 21 to 23 January, 36 experts from 15 MONEYVAL and FATF...
Slovakia has made limited progress to enhance its framework against money laundering and terrorist financing
The Slovak Republic has taken steps to enhance its anti-money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/CFT) measures but still needs to tackle several shortcomings, concludes MONEYVAL in a follow-up report released today. MONEYVAL finds that the Slovak Republic has made progress in addressing some...
Estonia makes progress in implementing targeted financial sanctions related to terrorism and terrorist financing
Estonia has improved its national efforts towards implementing targeted financial sanctions related to terrorism and terrorist financing, concludes MONEYVAL in a follow-up report released today. In the meantime, further steps are needed for the full or large compliance with the recommendations...
EU Supranational Measures in MONEYVAL 5th Round Mutual Evaluation Reports
MONEYVAL publishes today a horizontal study that analysed how European Union (EU) supra-national legislation, mechanisms and other initiatives have been considered and weighted in the MONEYVAL 5th round mutual evaluation processes. More than a third of MONEYVAL member jurisdictions are EU members...
Poland enhances its understanding of money laundering and terrorist financing risks and statistics
Poland has improved its measures for tackling money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/CFT), concludes the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) in a follow-up report released today. This report focuses on Poland’s...
Georgia strengthened risk assessment and regulation of virtual assets service providers, further progress needed
Georgia has improved its measures for tackling money laundering and terrorist financing, concludes Council of Europe body MONEYVAL in a follow-up report released today, but additional steps are necessary in complying with the recommendations on which Georgia is still rated partly compliant or...
Monaco strengthened measures to combat money laundering and terrorism financing
Monaco has improved measures to combat money laundering and financing of terrorism, demonstrating significant progress in the level of compliance with the FATF (Financial Action Task Force) standards, concludes MONEYVAL, the Council of Europe’s Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money...
Croatia has improved its preventive framework to combat money laundering
Croatia has strengthened its measures for tackling money laundering and combating financing of terrorism, concludes MONEYVAL, the Council of Europe’s Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism, in a 2nd Enhanced Follow-up Report...
Outcomes of MONEYVAL 68th Plenary meeting
The 68th Plenary meeting of the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) and working group meetings were held from 2 to 6 December 2024, chaired by Mr Nicola Muccioli (San Marino). The Plenary brought together around 200...
MONEYVAL launches the evaluation process of Armenia
MONEYVAL has officially launched its 6th round of mutual evaluation of Armenia. In this context, a high-level exchange was held, with the participation of the Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia, the Chairman of the Interagency Committee on combating money laundering,...
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