EU COUNTRIES EU COUNTRIES Romania – Poland Financial Intelligence Units’ Twinning Co-operation.

EU COUNTRIES EU COUNTRIES Romania – Poland

Financial Intelligence Units’Twinning Co-operation

THE END? THE END? BEGINNING!BEGINNING!

The The Polish Team looks forward to Polish Team looks forward to working working

with you with you in order in order to deliver to deliver a quality a quality

project project in a time-efficient mannerin a time-efficient manner

AT A GLANCEAT A GLANCE

PROJECT TITLE - PROJECT TITLE - FIGHT AGAINST MONEY FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING LAUNDERING AND AND TERRORISM FINANCINGTERRORISM FINANCING

PROJECT NUMBER - PROJECT NUMBER - RO/200RO/2007-7-IB/IB/JHJH/0/055

FUNDING INSTRUMENT - FUNDING INSTRUMENT - TRANSITION FACILITYTRANSITION FACILITY

TIMEFRAME – TIMEFRAME – 15 December 2009 – 14 December 15 December 2009 – 14 December 20102010

BUDGET – BUDGET – 530 000 Euro (cofinancing ……)530 000 Euro (cofinancing ……)

PARTNERS

MEMBER STATE PARTNERMEMBER STATE PARTNER – – PPOLANDOLAND

GENERAL INSPECTOR OF FINANCIAL INFORMATIONGENERAL INSPECTOR OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION

MAIN BENEFICIARYMAIN BENEFICIARY – – ROMANIA ROMANIA

NATIONAL OFFICE FOR PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF NATIONAL OFFICE FOR PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF MONEY LAUNDERINGMONEY LAUNDERING

IMPLEMENTING PARTNERSIMPLEMENTING PARTNERS – ROMANIAN – ROMANIAN LAW LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND SUPERVISION ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND SUPERVISION AUTHORIETIESAUTHORIETIES

CONTRACTINGCONTRACTING AUTHORITYAUTHORITY - - ROMANIAN CROMANIAN CENTRAL ENTRAL FFINANCE INANCE AND AND CCONTRACTIN G ONTRACTIN G UUNITNIT

MANAGEMENT PROFILE

MS PROJECT LEADERMS PROJECT LEADER – AGNIESZKA KRÓLIKOWSKA - AGNIESZKA KRÓLIKOWSKA - Director of Department for Protection of the European Director of Department for Protection of the European Union Financial InterestsUnion Financial Interests, Ministry of Finance, PolandMinistry of Finance, Poland

BENEFICIARY COUNTRY PROJECT LEADERBENEFICIARY COUNTRY PROJECT LEADER – STELUTA STELUTA CLAUDIA ONCICACLAUDIA ONCICA - - Director of the Director of the Inter-institutional Inter-institutional Cooperation and International Relations DepartmentCooperation and International Relations Department

RESIDENT TWINNING ADVISORRESIDENT TWINNING ADVISOR – ELŻBIETA FRANKÓW-ELŻBIETA FRANKÓW-JAŚKIEWICZJAŚKIEWICZ - - Head of the International Cooperation Unit, Head of the International Cooperation Unit, Department of Financial Information, PolandDepartment of Financial Information, Poland

RESIDENT TWINNING ADVISORS’S COUNTERPARTRESIDENT TWINNING ADVISORS’S COUNTERPART – NICOLAE FUIOREANICOLAE FUIOREA - - Head of Inter-institutional Cooperation Department

BACKGROUND

PROJECT ACTIVITIES PROJECT ACTIVITIES ARE ARE CONCENTRATEDCONCENTRATED AROUND AREAS OF WORK THAT NEED SUBTANTIALAROUND AREAS OF WORK THAT NEED SUBTANTIAL

ENHANCEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, IN PARTICULAR:ENHANCEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, IN PARTICULAR:

CREATION OF THE NATIONAL STRATEGY IN CREATION OF THE NATIONAL STRATEGY IN COMBATING MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORISCOMBATING MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORISTT FINAFINANNCINGCING

FUNCTIONING OF THE NOPCMLFUNCTIONING OF THE NOPCML

COOPERATION OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIESCOOPERATION OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

TRAINING FOR THE DNFBP SECTORSTRAINING FOR THE DNFBP SECTORS

PROJECT PURPOSE

The purpose of the project is to The purpose of the project is to improve the capacity of the National improve the capacity of the National Office forOffice for Prevention and Control of Prevention and Control of

Money Laundering as a key authority Money Laundering as a key authority in receiving, processing and analyzing in receiving, processing and analyzing

cases of money laundering and cases of money laundering and terrorist financingterrorist financing

METHOD

The Project builds up the necessary The Project builds up the necessary institutional capacity by transferinstitutional capacity by transferrring ing

the know - how from the Member the know - how from the Member State (Poland) and other EU Countries State (Poland) and other EU Countries

(Spain, Portugal, France, United (Spain, Portugal, France, United Kingdom, Cyprus, Czech RepubliKingdom, Cyprus, Czech Republicc, ,

Bulgaria)Bulgaria)

PROJECT COMPONENTS

Component 1Component 1: Increased capacity of the AML/CTF Increased capacity of the AML/CTF institutional systeminstitutional system - - National strategy on money National strategy on money laundering and terrorist financing elaborated and laundering and terrorist financing elaborated and submitted to the NOPCML having a key role within the submitted to the NOPCML having a key role within the systemsystem.

Component 2Component 2: Increasing the institutional capacity of the Increasing the institutional capacity of the National Office for Prevention and Control of Money National Office for Prevention and Control of Money LaunderingLaundering

Component 3:Component 3: An enhanced capacity of investigationAn enhanced capacity of investigation //prosecution for law enforcement bodiesprosecution for law enforcement bodies

Component 4:Component 4: Guidance and training for the financial and Guidance and training for the financial and non-financial reporting entities under direct NOPCML non-financial reporting entities under direct NOPCML supervision. An increased capacity of reporting entities supervision. An increased capacity of reporting entities in order to detect and report suspicious transactionsin order to detect and report suspicious transactions

ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE COMPONENTS

Component 1Component 1: An increased capacity of the An increased capacity of the AML/CTF institutional systemAML/CTF institutional system - - National National strategy on money laundering and terrorist strategy on money laundering and terrorist financing elaborated and submitted with the financing elaborated and submitted with the NOPCML having a key role within the systemNOPCML having a key role within the system

Setting up a working group for the draft the national

AML/CTF strategy Two days-meeting of the working group for the

elaboration of the final Draft National AML/CFT Strategy One day seminar on the draft strategy, targeting all

relevant stakeholders/management of the involved institutions


Component 2Component 2: Increasing the institutional Increasing the institutional capacity of the National Office for capacity of the National Office for Prevention and Control of Money Prevention and Control of Money LaunderingLaundering

Organizing of five 3-day workshops for the financial Organizing of five 3-day workshops for the financial analysts within the Supervision and Control analysts within the Supervision and Control DepartmDepartmentent

Internships for financial analystsInternships for financial analysts Organizing of two 3-day seminars for the financial Organizing of two 3-day seminars for the financial

analysts in NOPCML on strategic analyses using IT analysts in NOPCML on strategic analyses using IT tools and statistical methodstools and statistical methods


Component 3:Component 3: An enhanced capacity of An enhanced capacity of investigationinvestigation / /prosecution for law prosecution for law enforcement bodiesenforcement bodies

IInternshipsnternships for prosecutors for prosecutors Internship for Financial Guard representatives

Internship for policemen


Component 4: Component 4: Guidance and training for the Guidance and training for the financial and non-financial reporting entities financial and non-financial reporting entities under direct NOPCML supervision. An under direct NOPCML supervision. An increased capacity of reporting entities in increased capacity of reporting entities in order to detect and report suspicious order to detect and report suspicious transactionstransactions

Setting up a working group formed by STEs and Setting up a working group formed by STEs and financial analysts financial analysts within within the National Office in order to the National Office in order to draft the Handbook on risk based approach and draft the Handbook on risk based approach and indicators of suspicious transactions for reporting indicators of suspicious transactions for reporting entitiesentities

Presentation and dissemination of the Handbook to Presentation and dissemination of the Handbook to the different categories of reporting entities, during the different categories of reporting entities, during six 2-day seminars, at territorial levelsix 2-day seminars, at territorial level


Component 4Component 4: Guidance and training for the : Guidance and training for the financial and non-financial reporting entities financial and non-financial reporting entities under direct NOPCML supervision. An under direct NOPCML supervision. An increased capacity of reporting entities in increased capacity of reporting entities in order to detect and report suspicious order to detect and report suspicious transactionstransactions

Organizing six 2-days workshops, at territorial level, Organizing six 2-days workshops, at territorial level, for the independent legal professionsfor the independent legal professions

ACHIVEMENT OF MANDATORY RESULTS AND BENCHMARKS

COMPONENT 1COMPONENT 1

Under the technical coordination of the MS experts from Under the technical coordination of the MS experts from Poland and Czech Republic, a working group including Poland and Czech Republic, a working group including representatives of:representatives of:

National Office for the Prevention and Control of Money National Office for the Prevention and Control of Money Laundering,Laundering,

Ministry of Justice,Ministry of Justice, Public Ministry, Public Ministry, Ministry of Administration and Home Affaires,Ministry of Administration and Home Affaires, Ministry of Public Finance (Financial Guard, National Ministry of Public Finance (Financial Guard, National Agency for Fiscal Administration),Agency for Fiscal Administration), National Bank of Romania, National Bank of Romania, Securities Supervision Commission, Securities Supervision Commission, Insurance Supervision Commission,Insurance Supervision Commission, Private Pensions System Supervision Commission,Private Pensions System Supervision Commission, Romanian Intelligence Service Romanian Intelligence Service Foreign Intelligence Service, Foreign Intelligence Service, have drafted the National Strategy on AML/CFThave drafted the National Strategy on AML/CFT


COMPONENT 2 Five 3- day workshops for the financial analysts within Five 3- day workshops for the financial analysts within

the Supervision and Control Department completedthe Supervision and Control Department completed - 10 analysts trained in supervision activities- 10 analysts trained in supervision activities

- supervision’s documentation designed- supervision’s documentation designed 4 internships (Bulgaria, Cyprus, Poland, Portugal) 4 internships (Bulgaria, Cyprus, Poland, Portugal)

- 16 financial analysts trained in the area of - 16 financial analysts trained in the area of AML&C TF are able to act as trainers for new NOPCML AML&C TF are able to act as trainers for new NOPCML staff and reporting entities personnel staff and reporting entities personnel

Two 3-day seminars for the financial analysts in NOPCML Two 3-day seminars for the financial analysts in NOPCML on strategic analyses using IT tools and statistical on strategic analyses using IT tools and statistical methodsmethods

- 40 analysts trained in the area on strategic - 40 analysts trained in the area on strategic analyses using IT tools and statistical methodsanalyses using IT tools and statistical methods


COMPONENT 3

- 4 internships for Romanian prosecutors organized ( 2x Spain, Portugal, France)- 1 internship for Financial Guard (Poland)- 1 internship for Police (Poland)- 24 representatives of LEA trained and able to act as trainers in different LEA units, working in AML cases


COMPONENT 4

- working group formed of two designated STEs and financial analysts from the NOPCML for drafting the Handbook on risk based approach and indicators of suspicious transactions for reporting entities - Handbook elaborated, printed and disseminated- Presentation and dissemination of the Handbook to the different categories of reporting entities during six 2-day seminars, at territorial level (270 representatives of the reporting entities trained)- Six 2-days workshops, at territorial level, for the independent legal professions (180 representatives of the independent legal professions trained)

RESOURCES

Romanian Project Team from the NOPCMLRomanian Project Team from the NOPCML Polish Project Team from the Department of Polish Project Team from the Department of

Financial InformationFinancial Information RTA TeamRTA Team 14 STEs (12 from Poland, 1 from UK, 1 from Czech 14 STEs (12 from Poland, 1 from UK, 1 from Czech

Republic)Republic)

Why Poland?WE OFFER

Strong teamRelevant Experience

Practical and Flexible Ethos

WE WILL LEAVE BEHIND STAFF WHO ARE:Skilled

CompetentConfident

WE WILL DEVELOP SOLUTIONS THAT:Are PracticalAre Effective

Meet Romanian National Objectives

Still lot of work ahead…Still lot of work ahead…

RECOMMENDATIONS

Recommendations should be inserted into the continuation of the inter-institutional work in carrying out the National Strategy on Combating Money Laundering and its Action Plan

Additional legislative improvements are needed to follow the EU best practices in the area of controlling the reporting entities (NOPCML empowered to provide the controls of credit institutions in cooperation with other supervision authorities

Introducing of the new tools like e-learning in order to provide more effective trainings for reporting entities

Thank you for your attentionThank you for your attention

Elzbieta Frankow-JaskiewiczElzbieta Frankow-JaskiewiczRTARTADepartment of Financial InformationDepartment of Financial InformationMinistry of FinanceMinistry of Finance

Phone: + 48 22 674 54 52Phone: + 48 22 674 54 52E- mail: elzbieta.frankow-E- mail: [email protected]@mofnet.gov.pl

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