The OCEEA also attended several UNODC meetings related to the Review of Mechanism of
the UNCAC with the view of developing new joint activities in the areas of prevention, asset
recovery and training. Meetings included the “Technical Assistance” meeting (Vienna, 29
November); the “First Inter-sessional Meeting of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working
Group on Prevention” (Vienna, 13-15 December) and the “Fourth Inter-sessional Meeting of
the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Asset Recovery” (Vienna, 16-17
December).
On 6-8 December, the OCEEA took part in the plenary meeting of the OECD Anti-Corruption
Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia in Paris. The OCEEA has a long-standing cooperation with the Network and new joint activities in the area of anti-corruption prevention
and training were agreed upon.
Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
The work in this area was centred on providing assistance to participating States in their
efforts to adopt and implement adequate legislative frameworks that are in compliance with
their international Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT)
commitments and assisting them in creating or strengthening relevant institutions such as
Financial Intelligence Units.
On 27 September, the OCEEA participated as an observer in the “33rd Plenary Meeting of
the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and
Financing of Terrorism” (MONEYVAL) in Strasbourg and informed the Committee about
relevant OSCE activities.
On 9-10 November, the OCEEA attended the EAG/MONEYVAL “Joint Typologies Meeting”
in Moscow to explore the possibilities of the OCEEA engagement in specific anti-money
laundering activities in co-operation with partner organizations.
On 7-10 December, the OCEEA participated as an observer in the “34th Plenary Meeting” of
MONEYVAL in Strasbourg and had consultations on the links between trafficking in human
beings and money-laundering in preparation for such an activity in 2011.
On 8-12 December, the OCEEA supported the ATU in organizing a Public-Private Expert
Workshop for South Eastern Europe on “Suppressing Terrorist Financing and Countering
Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism” that was held in Sarajevo on 810 December (see also 3.1).
On 14-15 December, the OCEEA participated as an observer in the 13th Eurasian Group on
Combating Money Laundering (EAG) meeting in Moscow and discussed issues of cooperation on AML/CFT with the newly elected EAG Executive Secretary, as well as with
representatives of EBRD, ADB and EurAsEC.
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