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US gives donation for prevention of money laundering
Belgrade,
23 May 2006
Head of the Serbian Directorate for Prevention of Money Laundering Julije Miladinovic and US Ambassador to Belgrade Michael Polt signed today an agreement on a US government donation worth $20,000 for the equipment of the Directorate.
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Fonet
Miladinovic said that this donation, which will be used for the purchase of computer equipment, is just part of the assistance which the US has provided to this Directorate.
He said that since 2002 great progress has been made in the work of this Directorate and voiced hope that all EU standards concerning money laundering prevention will have been met by 2007.
According to Miladinovic, in the past three years the Directorate has investigated 400 cases of possible money laundering and after the investigations, it filed 19 criminal complaints.
US Ambassador Michael Polt said that the Directorate for Prevention of Money Laundering will have a significant role in returning citizens' confidence in state institutions and pointed out that financial intelligence services have a great role in curbing illegal money flows, organised crime and financing of terrorism and they also contribute to establishing the reliability and legal security of the system.
He said that since 2002 great progress has been made in the work of this Directorate and voiced hope that all EU standards concerning money laundering prevention will have been met by 2007.
According to Miladinovic, in the past three years the Directorate has investigated 400 cases of possible money laundering and after the investigations, it filed 19 criminal complaints.
US Ambassador Michael Polt said that the Directorate for Prevention of Money Laundering will have a significant role in returning citizens' confidence in state institutions and pointed out that financial intelligence services have a great role in curbing illegal money flows, organised crime and financing of terrorism and they also contribute to establishing the reliability and legal security of the system.
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