International Cooperation in Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing: A Central Asian Perspective

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to analyse the general situation concerning combating money laundering and support for terrorism by examining the trends and dynamics of this vector in the countries of Central Asia. The main research methods were statistical, using which the key qualitative and quantitative indicators of the sphere were identified, and system analysis, using which the basic components of the subject under study were determined. The situation regarding illicit financial transactions and terrorist financing in Europe is worsening, with an increasing number of risks to this area of political activity.

Keywords: economic system – money laundering – criminal activity– mutual evaluation – bank secrecy.

DOI: 10.58866/ROBT7027