DUSHANBE, May 28, 2011, Asia-Plus — The Tajik MFA information reports a delegation of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is expected to arrive in Tajikistan on June 1 on a three-day visit.
Besides, a delegation of the upper house (Senate) of the parliament of the Czech Republic, led by its first deputy speaker, will visit Tajikistan from June 5-7, the source said.
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an intergovernmental organization founded in 1989 on the initiative of the G7. The purpose of the FATF is to develop policies to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. The FATF Secretariat is housed at the headquarters of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris.
The FATF membership is currently made up of 34 countries and territories and 2 regional organisations. The FATF also works in close cooperation with a number of international and regional bodies involved in combating money laundering and terrorist financing.
