MONEYVAL (Council of Europe Committee of Experts on combating money laundering)

The Council of Europe committee on combating money laundering. According to YUCOM, in 2021, in connection with the checks on the bank accounts of journalists and NGOs, it pointed out that the Administration for the Prevention of Money Laundering has no authority to request data from banks without a suspicion of money laundering or terrorist financing.

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• Anti-money laundering administration ran checks on journalists and NGOs: According to YUCOM, it stressed that the agency cannot request data from banks without suspicion of money laundering