Both prospective partners' bosses say they are eager to join hands with the Rosfinmonitoring. All will gather for conference quite soon, to sign the contracts, Victor Zubkov, Rosfinmonitoring chief, said to a news conference.
The service will arrange partnership with corporate financiers and insurers on the same patterns as with banks. In particular, the partners will inform it about suspicious deals-that in close compliance with the laws against money laundering.
The Federal Insurance Inspection and the Federal Financial Market Service will supervise all involved companies-the Rosfinmonitoring will not engage in it, pointed out its chief. "They are to know their own problems no worse than we do," he remarked.
Efficient monitoring and money laundering prevention is among Russia's top priorities for today. "We make it a point to enhance inspection efficiency within the year," said Mr. Zubkov.
Present-day contacts with the Federal Insurance Inspection and the Federal Financial Market Service are too loose to cope, so partnership will be boosted.
The Rosfinmonitoring is determined to carry on transnational contacts against money laundering and terrorist funding. Russia has joined hands for the purpose with 66 countries within the FATF and the Egmont international finance monitoring team. There are many bilateral contracts, too, and many more will be signed within the year.
