Seventeen representatives from key financial supervisory authorities in North Macedonia, including the Financial Intelligence Office, National Bank, Securities and Exchange Commission, Agency for Supervision of Insurance and the Public Revenue Office completed a training on combating terrorism financing. The training organised within the Action against economic crime in North Macedonia, aimed to enhance supervisors’ understanding of relevant laws and techniques concerning combatting of terrorism financing, improve identification and analysis of suspicious activities, and encourage interagency co-operation to ensure robust compliance and security. 

This activity comes in the framework of the continuous assistance of the European Union and Council of Europe to strengthen the capacity of the public institutions in North Macedonia in their efforts to prevent and combat economic crime, including corruption, money laundering and financing of terrorism.

This activity was organised by the ‘Action against economic crime in North Macedonia’, part of the Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Türkiye  programme, co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe.