The Egmont Group’s Europe II Region concluded its intersessional meeting in Pristina, bringing together regional Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) to advance anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) cooperation. Members endorsed a new analytical paper drawing on findings from FATF and MONEYVAL mutual evaluations to support peer learning and more effective use and exchange of financial intelligence. Co-led by FIU Azerbaijan and FIU Gibraltar, the paper reviews 23 Mutual Evaluation Reports and covers FATF Immediate Outcome 2 and Immediate Outcome 6 and Recommendations 29 and 40. It identifies recurring strengths, systemic weaknesses and common recommended actions, highlighting priorities such as stronger law enforcement use of FIU intelligence, better suspicious transaction report quality, enhanced operational and strategic analysis, and more robust coordination frameworks, alongside proposed training priorities. The Europe II Region decided to share the document with other Egmont regions and international bodies.
Egmont Group 2025-12-08
Egmont Group Europe II endorses paper reviewing 23 FATF and MONEYVAL evaluations to strengthen FIU intelligence and cooperation
The Egmont Group's Europe II Region concluded its intersessional meeting in Pristina, endorsing a new analytical paper to enhance anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing cooperation. The paper, co-led by Financial Intelligence Units from Azerbaijan and Gibraltar, reviews 23 Mutual Evaluation Reports and identifies priorities such as improved law enforcement use of intelligence and better coordination frameworks.