AML Academy (Republica of Kazakhstan)

General information

AML Academy (Republica of Kazakhstan)

Date of joining the International Network AML/CFT Institute: Memorandum of Cooperation dated March 5, 2024.

Legal successor (Financial Academy/International Academy of Economics and Finance).

The Academy of Financial Monitoring (AML ACADEMY) was established in 2023 in pursuance of the Decree of the Head of State "On approval of the Concept of Financial Monitoring Development for 2022-2026", on the basis of the International Academy of Economics and Finance.

The founder of the Academy is the State Institution "Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Financial Monitoring". The Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Financial Monitoring is a state body directly subordinate and accountable to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which provides guidance in the field of countering the legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime and the financing of terrorism, as well as for the prevention, detection, suppression, disclosure and investigation of economic and financial offenses attributed to the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan this organ.

The purpose and objectives of the AML ACADEMY

The main goal of the Academy is to provide high-quality educational services in the field of countering the legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime and the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT).

The main objectives of the Company are:

1) education, training and advanced training with subsequent certification on a systematic basis of all participants in the national AML/CFT/FMT system: persons submitting information, information to the authorized financial monitoring body in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan on AML/CFT, employees and employees of the Agency, government agencies, as well as law enforcement officers/special state bodies and judges involved in the investigation and consideration of criminal cases in the field of AML/CFT/FMT, and other interested parties (upon conclusion of relevant contracts) (hereinafter referred to as students);

2) improvement and further development of the activities of additional education in the field of AML/CFT/FMT;

3) conducting scientific, applied, analytical and IT research, evaluation activities, methodological developments in order to develop the national AML/CFT/FMT system.