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Virtual EAG plenary meet
32nd special Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (EAG) plenary meeting were conducted through video conferencing under the aegis of Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
The EAG is a regional body comprising nine countries: India, Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Belarus.
EAG is an associate member of the FATF.
The global watchdog, which is actively monitoring the impact of the pandemic on measures to combat illicit financing, released a paper last month on “COVID-19 related Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risks and Policy Responses”.
It observed an increase in the COVID-19 related crimes, including fraud, cyber-crime, misdirection or exploitation of government funds or international financial assistance.