Romania’s Defense Council Approves Strategy Against Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing

Romania’s Supreme Defense Council approved in its meeting Monday the National Strategy fighting money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism, the Presidency said in a press release Monday.

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According to the press release, the Strategy sets the tasks of each institution involved in fighting money laundering and counteracting terrorism financing, in line with Romania's National Security Strategy and the latest international standards.

The Defense Council meeting was attended by Prime Minister Emil Boc, Interior Minister Vasile Blaga, Defense Minister Gabriel Oprea, Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi, Finance Minister Sebastian Vladescu, Economy Minister Adriean Videanu, Justice Minister Catalin Marian Predoiu, the Romanian Intelligence Service head George Cristian Maior, the Romanian Foreign Intelligence Service head Mihai Razvan Ungureanu, the presidential adviser on national security, Iulian Fota, presidential adviser Anca Ilinoiu (head of the Department for International Relations), Defense Council secretary Ion Oprisor and President Traian Basescu's spokesperson Valeriu Turcan.

Prosecutor General Laura Codruta Kovesi, organized crime prosecutor Codrut Olaru and anticorruption prosecutor Laura Oprean were also invited to attend the meeting.

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