OSCE supports a training webinar on countering the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

On 23 September 2021, the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan concluded a two-day training course on countering the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

The course was held in a blended format, together with the Financial Monitoring Agency and the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), for some 70 representatives from the government and private sector.

Participants learned about the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards and the United Nations Security Council Resolutions requirements related to preventing and disrupting the financial flows for developing WMD. Through a selection of relevant case studies, they were familiarized with the WMD proliferation finance trends and indicators as well as regional and country-specific factors that affect exposure to proliferation finance risks. The RUSI experts shared best practices in public-private co-operation on countering the WMD proliferation financing, and presented proliferation finance risk assessment methodology.

The training course is part of the Programme Office’s multi-year efforts to promote good governance and to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.