3415 personnel trained to combat money laundering
As part of the Central Bank of Iraq's measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, it announced yesterday, Wednesday, the training of (3415) people concerned with this file.
Hussein Al-Maqram, representative of the Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Office at the Central Bank, confirmed to "Al-Sabah" that "the Financial Action Task Force issued a report confirming the strength and solidity of the system followed in Iraq with regard to combating money laundering and terrorist financing."
He added that "the report reflects the solid system in Iraq to combat these crimes, and the important efforts made by the state to combat them in accordance with international standards."
Al-Maqram pointed out that "the report focused on understanding the risks of money laundering and terrorist financing, and the effectiveness of implementing measures to combat these crimes, including international cooperation, confiscation of criminal proceeds, and investigation and prosecution procedures."
He continued by saying: "Based on the annual and comprehensive training plan to raise the level of knowledge and commitment to the requirements imposed in the field of combating money laundering, terrorist financing and financing the proliferation of weapons, the number of trainees cocerned with the anti-money laundering and terrorist financing system during the past year reached (3415) trainees." link