The project “Preventing Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in Serbia” organized a workshop on 29 November 2021, for the representatives of the NPO sector to raise awareness on the threats of abuse of NPO sector for terrorist financing. The workshop was attended by representatives of civil society organisations involved in the activities on prevention of terrorist financing, as well as by representatives of the Administration for Prevention of Money Laundering.

International expert with extensive global experience in this topic provided comprehensive overview of international standards, good practices in risk management, recommendations for internal risk-assessment for NPOs regarding terrorist financing, alongside with potential vulnerabilities that can be exploited by terrorist organizations. Practical cases of NPO sector abuse have been also presented and discussed.

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.