Today the Agreement on
the Establishment of the International Centre for the Assessment of Money
Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risks (ICRAF) comes into force for Belarus,
Kyrgyzstan and Russia.
The Agreement was
signed during the meeting of the Council of Heads of CIS Member States in Bishkek
on 13 October 2023 by representatives of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
The ICRAF is an international information system for
organising operational interaction between financial intelligence units of the
CIS countries for the purpose of combating money laundering and terrorist
financing.
Its main functions include ensuring secure information
exchange and interaction between the financial intelligence units of the
Commonwealth of Independent States to accumulate, process and analyse the
necessary information.
Organisational, technical and information support for
the activities of the ICDR is provided by Rosfinmonitoring.
It is also envisaged to create common information
resources for the states that have signed the Agreement.
The Financial Monitoring Department of
the State Control Committee is the competent authority authorised under the
legislation of the Republic of Belarus to carry out activities to prevent money
laundering, financing of terrorist activities and financing of proliferation of
weapons of mass destruction.