Veli Kaplan delivered a two-day intensive practical workshop focusing on tackling money laundering networks organized by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Almaty, Kazakhstan. As detailed in “OSCE Enhances Efforts to Combat Money Laundering Networks, Including the Use of ‘Money Mules’” (3 April 2024), posted on the OSCE website, the workshop was held by the OSCE Programme Office to enhance the resilience of the Kazakhstan against money laundering activities, contributing to a secure investment climate and sustainable economic growth.
The session, held on 1-2 April 2024, was attended by financial compliance and anti-fraud specialists from the Agency for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market of Kazakhstan as well as from commercial banks. The workshop emphasized a combination of theoretical frameworks and practical approaches, particularly focusing on techniques that could be implemented on a short-term operational basis.