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UN Office on Drugs and Crime and OSCE deliver online training course to enhance Turkmenistan’s capacities in countering terrorist financing
Publishing date: 3 June 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
A three-day online training course aimed at strengthening the capacity of Turkmenistan to counter terrorist financing was organized from 1 to 3 June 2020. Eighteen experts and practitioners from the Financial Monitoring Service under the Ministry of Finance and Economy, the Ministries of Internal Affairs and of National Security, and the Prosecutor’s Office of Turkmenistan participated in the course...
OSCE organizes online consultations on combatting money laundering and financing of terrorism in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 28 May 2020
Officials from Turkmenistan’s institutions and representatives of non-governmental entities, involved in the Eurasian Group on combatting money laundering and financing of terrorism (EAG)ut Mual Evaluation process are participating in OSCE-organized online consultations from 27 to 30 May 2020 in Ashgabat.
OSCE promotes best practices in anti-money laundering and countering terrorist financing efforts in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 28 February 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Economic activities, Countering terrorism
Preparations for the expected regular Eurasian group’s (EAG) mutual evaluation of Turkmenistan’s compliance to the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) standards on anti-money laundering and countering of financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) efforts, including 11 indicators of effectiveness and 40 technical recommendations, were the focus of an OSCE seminar from 26 to 28 February 2020 in Ashgabat. The seminar was attended by representatives of law enforcement agencies, supervisory bodies, and other relevant government and non-government agencies...
Strengthening rule of law-compliant criminal justice responses to terrorism focus of OSCE training seminar in Ashgabat
Publishing date: 25 July 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism, Rule of law
Strengthening rule of law-compliant criminal justice responses to terrorism was the aim of a two-day seminar for over 30 Turkmen practitioners from relevant government agencies and the bar association which concluded on 25 July 2019 in Ashgabat...
OSCE trains Turkmenistan’s law enforcement and border control officers in profiling and risk assessment
Publishing date: 1 July 2019
Profiling and risk assessment for law enforcement and border control officers at aviation checkpoints was the focus of an OSCE-organized practical training course that is taking place from 1 to 5 July 2019.
OSCE seminar promotes best anti-money laundering and counter financing of terrorism practices in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 11 June 2019
An OSCE-supported seminar on best practices in anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) in the sector of designated non-financial businesses and professions (DNFBP) took place in Ashgabat from 10 to 11 June 2019. The event was organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, jointly with the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan and its Financial Monitoring Service.
OSCE high-level regional conference on countering terrorist financing and organized crime hosted in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 17 April 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
ASHGABAT, 17 April 2019 – Some 200 representatives of Central Asian and other OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation, as well as experts from international organizations, attended today in Ashgabat an OSCE high-level regional conference on countering terrorist financing and organized crime...