Closing Press conference: Prevention and Fight against Money Laundering

The closing conference part of the project “Improving the Institutional and Policy Response for the Prevention and Control of Money Laundering in Bulgaria and South-EastEurope” was held on May 15, 2014.
The achieved results and possible future developments were presented during the event.
A number of materials have been published as a result of the project, funded by DG Home Affairs of the European Commission:   
-    Information leaflet on prevention and control of money laundering in Bulgaria )
-    Prevention of Money Laundering – Risk Approach and Typologies. This is a handbook of instrictions, translated into Bulgarian, which were originally
published by key international organizations engaged in combating money laundering and financing of terrorism.
-    Final publication.   

The project involved several training sessions, complemented by distance learning courses, available for the registered users at
http://amltrain.riskmonitor.bg/en. The courses have been designed according to the needs the practitioners: the staff of SANS, Ministry of Interior, Prosecutors,
and representatives of other key institutions engaged in anti-moneylaundering (http://amltrain.riskmonitor.bg/en).

Mr. Evgeni Dikov, Director of the National Investigation Service, Ms. Daniela Popova, Head of theSpecialized Appellate Prosecution Office and Ms. Stoyanka Nikolakova, Asset Forfeiture Commission,
took part in the press conference and expressed their gratitude that they have been involved in a project that gathers representatives of the Bulgarian state institutions
and law enforcement with their foreign colleagues, which gave the possibility to share invaluable experience in anti-money laundering investigations.