In accordance with FATF recommendations, the Republic of Serbia has updated its national risk assessments in the field of preventing money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation. The Government of the Republic of Serbia has adopted a series of strategic documents, including the National Risk Assessment on Money Laundering, the National Risk Assessment on Terrorist Financing, the Risk Assessment in the Digital Assets Sector, and the Risk Assessment on the Financing of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.
To raise awareness and enhance work in this field, two significant workshops were organized in January and February 2025, where key findings and recommendations were presented.
On January 29–30, 2025, a workshop was held at Hotel Zira in Belgrade, organized by the Council of Europe with the support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. The event was attended by representatives of state institutions from both the preventive and repressive sectors of the money laundering and terrorist financing prevention system. During the two-day sessions, coordinators of the strategic document development process presented key risk assessment findings, including threats and typologies of money laundering, system vulnerabilities, the role of supervisors, risks in the digital assets sector, and reporting methods.
The workshop was attended by representatives of the Securities Commission, the National Bank of Serbia, the Administration for the Prevention of Money Laundering, the Administration for Games of Chance, the Ministry of Internal and Foreign Trade, the Bar and Notary Chambers of Serbia, the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications, and numerous other state bodies and institutions. The Secretary of the Securities Commission, Goran Kuprešanin, presented on behalf of the Commission.
To raise awareness and enhance work in this field, two significant workshops were organized in January and February 2025, where key findings and recommendations were presented.
On January 29–30, 2025, a workshop was held at Hotel Zira in Belgrade, organized by the Council of Europe with the support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. The event was attended by representatives of state institutions from both the preventive and repressive sectors of the money laundering and terrorist financing prevention system. During the two-day sessions, coordinators of the strategic document development process presented key risk assessment findings, including threats and typologies of money laundering, system vulnerabilities, the role of supervisors, risks in the digital assets sector, and reporting methods.
The workshop was attended by representatives of the Securities Commission, the National Bank of Serbia, the Administration for the Prevention of Money Laundering, the Administration for Games of Chance, the Ministry of Internal and Foreign Trade, the Bar and Notary Chambers of Serbia, the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications, and numerous other state bodies and institutions. The Secretary of the Securities Commission, Goran Kuprešanin, presented on behalf of the Commission.
The continuation of the risk assessment results presentation took place on February 6–7, 2025, at the Serbian Chamber of Commerce. This event was specifically dedicated to the financial and non-financial sectors, with the goal of further analyzing risks and defining future activities for the prevention and elimination of threats within the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing system. Participants had the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the updated risk assessments and proposed strategies for mitigating them through joint efforts of the public and private sectors.
The workshops reaffirmed the importance of continuous cooperation among all relevant stakeholders in this field to improve prevention mechanisms and protect Serbia’s financial system from illicit activities. As part of the supervisory system, the Securities Commission will continue to actively contribute to the implementation of these measures in line with the latest recommendations and risk assessment findings.