Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - The Chair of the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units, Sergio Espinosa, expressed his appreciation for the Kingdom's role in anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing as well for its continued cooperation and contribution to international policies among the group's members.

In an interview with Jordan News Agency, Petra, during the group's meeting in Doha, Espinosa noted that Jordan is actively involved in all of the group's meetings and events, which aim at finding an international community free of these two phenomena.

Such meetings, he said, provide an opportunity for the group' members to engage, participate and share expertise with partners to address all challenges they face in their mission.

Espinosa said that Jordan has the wide expertise in the field of combating financial crimes, as well as its advanced financial investigative and information units supported by developed legislation and laws to combat money laundering and terrorism financing.

The Egmont Group is a united body of 152 Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs), that provides a platform for the secure exchange of expertise and financial intelligence to combat money laundering and terrorism financing.

The group aims to support the efforts of its international partners and other stakeholders to give effect to the resolutions and statements by the United Nations Security Council, the G20 Finance Ministers, and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in the field of combating money laundering and terrorism financing.

Jordan joined the group during St. Petersburg meeting in Russia in 2012 .

As a global network of FIUs, the membership is divided into eight regional groups that assist the organization to accomplish its goals of development, cooperation, and sharing of expertise on a regional level.