7 verdicts on Money Laundering article returned as of October 2009

PanARMENIAN.Net - So far, there have been 7 verdicts on Money Laundering article, of which 1 was returned in 2006 and 6 (still being processed) - in 2006, Head of CBA Financial Monitoring Center Daniel Azatyan told a news conference in Yerevan.



Financial Monitoring Center was established in 2005. Its functions are aimed at combating money laundering and terrorism funding.



As of October 1, it has 417 financial and 639 non-financial accounting organizations.



EU MANIVAL Committee has approved the report on the third stage of fight against money laundering and terrorism funding.



MANIVAL Committee is a specialized agency making mutual assessment of systems on combating money laundering and terrorism funding in EU member states. Armenia has been a Committee member since 2006.