The National Bank of the Republic of Tajikistan held a training seminar for staff of credit financial institutions in its regional office in Bokhtar (Khatlon region) to strengthen knowledge and practical skills on preventing money laundering, terrorist financing and the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The three-day programme, run by the Training and Methodology Centre of the Financial Monitoring Department, brought together 30 specialists from credit financial institutions and National Bank staff. It covered Tajikistan’s national AML/CFT/CPF system, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards as applied to credit financial institutions, relevant national legal requirements, and customer due diligence principles, alongside practical sessions on preventing criminal activity including “drop” operations and the use of “droppers”, case studies on terrorist financing, and addressing identified AML/CFT/CPF shortcomings in institutional practice. The National Bank indicated that similar seminars will be held regularly in other regions of the country.