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Press release

OSCE admitted as observer to Eurasian Group on combating money-laundering and financing of terrorism

Date:
Place:
VIENNA
Source:
OSCE Secretariat
Fields of work:
Economic activities
VIENNA, 15 December 2006 - The OSCE has been admitted as an observer to the seven-member Eurasian Group on Combating Money-Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism (EAG) at a meeting in Moscow today.

It joins other international organizations, including the UNODC, the World Bank and IMF.

The key geographic area of activity of the EAG is Central Asia, an important region for the OSCE in the field of combating money-laundering and suppressing the financing of terrorism.

The EAG is one of the main partners of the OSCE in the region alongside UNODC, with which it has jointly organized a range of events in the past.

Contacts

Mylene Lichtenberg, OSCE Secretariat

OSCE Secretariat

Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities

Wallnerstrasse 6
A-1010 Vienna
Austria