Financial Monitoring Service at the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan.

Financial Monitoring Service at the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan is the authorized state body for prevention of laundering (legalization) of proceeds and financing of terrorism.The Service was established on Oktober 05, 2018 by the Decree of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. Newly established state body confirms effective steps goverment of Turkmenistan taking towards inplementation of the Conventions of the UN, resolutions of the UN General Assembly and the relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council.

30.11.2019 On 25-29th November, 2019 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan were held 31st Plenary meeting of The Eurasian group (EAG) in the field of combating money laundering and financing of terrorism.

08.07.2019 On July 1-5th 2019 in Beijing, People's Republic of China was held the workshop on «Illegal use of money transfer and value transfer services». The workshop was attended by the representatives Financial monitoring service at the Ministry of Finance and economy of Turkmenistan.

08.07.2019 On July 1-4, 2019 in The Hague, Netherlands were held meetings of working groups and Plenary meeting of Egmont Group. The workshop was attended by the representatives Financial monitoring service at the Ministry of Finance and economy of Turkmenistan.

24.06.2019 On June 20-21st 2019 in the Moscow, Russian Federation was held a workshop on information technologies in the field of combating money laundering and financing of terrorism.  The workshop was attended byrepresentatives of the Financial monitoring serviceat the ministry of Finance and economy of Turkmenistan.

24.06.2019 On 16-21st June, 2019 in the Orlando, USA were held working group meetings and Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Plenary meeting. The workshop was attended byrepresentatives of the Financial monitoring service at the ministry of Finance and economy of Turkmenistan.

12.06.2019 On 10-11st June, 2019 in Ashgabat  at the building of Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan together with the OSCE Centre and the government of Turkmenistan was held a workshop on «Best Practices in Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism in the Sectors of Established Non-Financial Enterprises and Professions (DNFBPs)». The workshop was attended by representatives of ministers, agencies, law enforcement agencies of Turkmenistan and the private sector of the country.

03.06.2019 On 29 May 2019, in the framework of the 30th Plenary Session, a joint NDB BRICS/EAG/MUMCFM was organized workshop on «Improving financial monitoring using new technologies» with the participation of the delegation of Turkmenistan.

03.06.2019 On May 27-31, 2019 in Moscow of the Russian Federation were held the meetings of the Working Groups and the 30th EAG Plenary meeting in which took part the delegation of Turkmenistan.

18.04.2019 On April 16-17, 2019 in Moscow of the Russian Federation was held the WGTA intersessional meeting in which took part the delegation of Turkmenistan. At the meetings was discussed issues related to the EAG draft budget for 2020, procedures for conducting the 2nd round of mutual evaluations and many other.

08.04.2019 On April 3-4, 2019 in Almaty, the Republic of Kazakhstan on the basis of the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Centre for Combating Illicit Trafficking of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and their Precursors (CARICC) was held a workshop - meeting to study the experience of functioning simplified forms of work of law enforcement agencies and financial intelligence units (international centers) which was attended by a representative of the Financial Monitoring Service at the Ministry of Finance and economy of Turkmenistan.

08.04.2019 On 2-5 April 2019, in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan workshop was held jointly with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime on the topic of «Fundamentals of operational and strategic analysis of financial data» which was attended by representatives of the Financial Monitoring Service at the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan, the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan and the Agency for the Protection of the Economy from Risks.

08.03.2019 On march 5-7, 2019 in Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan was held workshop by European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on the topic of «Anti-money laundering» which was attended by representatives of Turkmenistan.

26.02.2019 On 17-22 February 2019 in Paris, France a representative of the Financial Monitoring Service at the ministry of Finance and economy of Turkmenistan participated in the Plenary Session and working groups of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). During these events, various issues of efficiency, mutual evaluation and many other relevant topics in the field of AML/CFT were discussed.

04.02.2019 On 29-31 January 2019 the Plenary Meeting of Egmont Group was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, where participated chairman of the Financial monitoring service Dovran Dovletovich Halbayev. More than 300 participants representing members of the Egmont Group, international organizations, partners and observers gathered at this event, organized by the Indonesian Center for Financial Reporting and Analysis. The working groups discussed issues related to the identification of new projects aimed at enhancing knowledge, improving the efficiency and operational performance of the FIU, ensuring timely completion of all ongoing projects aimed at strengthening the FIU, analysis of obstacles to bilateral and multilateral information exchange between the FIUs, development of a glossary of key terms of the Egmont group in order to improve the quality of terminology, consideration of applications of candidates for membership and many other issues.