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OSCE meeting on anti-money laundering and countering terrorism financing to take place in Vienna

01 February 2012 14:23 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Victoria Dementieva â€“ APA. Officials and experts from 56 OSCE participating States and international organizations will meet in Vienna on 6 and 7 February 2012 to discuss ways to prevent and suppress money laundering and financing of terrorism, APA reports quoting the OSCEâ€™s press service.

Brian Hayes, Minister of State at the Department of Finance of Ireland, representing the 2012 OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier and Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities Goran SvilanoviÄ‡ will open the meeting.

During the two-day event, officials and experts will discuss mechanisms for preventing and suppressing money laundering and the financing of terrorism, as well as share experiences and best practices from OSCE participating States. Domestic interagency co-operation, international information exchange, and the engagement of the public and business sector, including private financial institutions, will also be discussed.

This will be the first preparatory meeting of the 20th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum. The theme of this yearâ€™s Forum is â€œPromoting Security and Stability through Good Governanceâ€. The second preparatory meeting, to be held in Dublin on 23-24 April, will focus on combating corruption in support of socio-economic development. The concluding meeting of the Forum will take place in Prague on 12-14 September 2012.