AML Conference for gambling sector obliged entities

AML Conference for gambling sector obliged entities was organised by the Association of Gambling Operators "AGOS" in Belgrade on March 11, 2025.

Its aim was to raise awareness of the importance of combating money laundering, terrorist financing and the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the gambling sector.

The conference was opened by AGOS President Dragan Škrbić, and the APML Director Željko Radovanović informed the participants about recent amendments to several laws aimed at improving the financial system and creating of a safer business environment in Serbia, as well as about upcoming activities related to the evaluation of the AML/CFT/PF system the Council of Europe MONEYVAL Committee.

After the opening remarks, APML staff, Danijela Tanić-Zafirović, Head of the Supervision Department, Đorđije Vujićić, Head of Team for the Prevention of Terrorist Financing, and Ana Jeremić, Head of the FATCA Team, spoke on the 2024 National Risk Assessments, as well as the most recent amendments to the AML/CFT Law and the Law on Freezing of Assets With the Aim of Preventing Terrorism and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.

They also spoke about the findings of the analysis and quality of the SARs filed, as well as about the importance of risk analysis and application of CDD. They also discussed the risk-based approach which is applied by supervisory authorities when selecting the supervision sample. In the course of the discussion that followed, representatives of individual obliged entities presented their experiences in the previous round of evaluation, and were able to pose questions to the Games of Chance Administration.

The conference was generally assessed as successful, and confirmed the importance of strengthening public-private partnerships.