In order to deter the financiers of Central Terrorism, a specialized course is organized to combat money laundering

Iraq, through the Central Bank, seeks to combat money laundering and terrorist financing by adopting the latest ways and means to deter the perpetrators of these crimes in the service of the national economy. The bank called on government and private banks and all authorized financial transfer companies to attend the training course which is being held for the period from 19 to 23 of this month.
"The training course will be titled (AML / CFT, Compliance and Risk Management)," said a source familiar with Al Sabah. "It is for all employees whose work is related to the subject of the course, including current account staff who have not participated in previous sessions."

Specialized team
He stressed that "the lecturers are a specialized team of the Department of Banking Control in the Central Bank."
He stressed that "in order to develop the file against money laundering and financing of terrorism, the Central Bank will continue to organize such courses and workshops in a number of provinces of Iraq during the coming period." The Central Bank organized a session on anti-money laundering, terrorism financing, compliance and risk management for the period from 17 to 20 September last held in the building of the bank under the supervision of the Center for Banking Studies, and participated in the session 61 employees from government and private banks and financial transfer companies.

Anti Money Laundering
On the other hand, a workshop on "Combating Money Laundering" was recently organized by the Institute for Economic Policy in the Arab Monetary Fund in cooperation with the MENAFATF Financial Action Group in Abu Dhabi.
Abdul Rahman bin Abdullah Al Humaidi, Director General and Chairman of the Fund, expressed the hope that the workshop will contribute to enriching the participants' knowledge of this important issue, which stems from developments and developments of great importance to our economies and Arab societies.

Financial Action Group
"One of the most important initiatives in this area is the creation of the Financial Action Task Force of the Group of Seven (G-7), which has issued 40 recommendations that are the main focus of anti-money laundering plans and procedures."
He pointed out that "the money laundering process is a system of measures aimed at concealing the real source of funds derived from illegal acts and giving legitimacy to them and then re-injecting them into the economy." He stressed that "terrorist financing operations fall within the prohibited financial operations."

The reputation and stability of countries
Al-Humaidi pointed out that "the interest in combating these phenomena stems not only from the desire to combat crime in such acts, but also because these phenomena affect the financial and economic stability of any country and its reputation."
The workshop focused on the main themes of the FATF's efforts to combat money laundering and terrorism financing, the recommendations of the FATF and the technical commitment, as well as the discussion of risk and its content.

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