2010-11-18

http://centralasiaonline.com/cocoon/caii/xhtml/en_GB/newsbriefs/caii/newsbriefs/2010/11/18/newsbrief-01

DUSHANBE – Tajikistan has denied Russian accusations of money-laundering, Avesta.tj reported November 18.

Shamsiddin Nurov, chief of the Financial Monitoring Department, responded to a report by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)’s Tajik service that quoted Russian Financial Monitoring Service chief Yury Chikhanchin as telling Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that the Financial Action Task Force might add Tajikistan to its blacklist.

The World Bank gave Tajikistan a positive grade in September for its anti-money-laundering efforts, Nurov told RFE/RL.