Nizhny Novgorod will host the International Scientific and Practical Forum “Actual Issues of Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing” on 24-26 April. Its programme includes a meeting of the BRICS Council on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism, which will be held on April 24.

Among the participants of the meeting are heads of relevant Russian and foreign ministries and agencies, experts from Belarus, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Congo, Cuba, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Oman, UAE, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Representatives of Brazil, Venezuela, China, Mexico, South Africa and China are planning to join the event in the videoconference format. Yury Chikhanchin, Chairman of the BRICS Council on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism and Director of Rosfinmonitoring, will take part in the meeting from the Russian side.

The BRICS council meeting was earlier announced by Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova.

“The participants will exchange experience in the field of combating money laundering and terrorist financing, as well as discuss joint projects and issues of interaction between the relevant agencies of the members of the association”

Maria Zakharova Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson

The foreign policy spokeswoman noted that the outcome of the meeting will be the development of joint measures to minimise global risks, including terrorist financing, the fight against corruption, drug trafficking, as well as the use of cryptocurrency for criminal purposes.

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