Ivanov A.V.Kikot Moscow University of Ministry of Interior of Russia, Moscow, Russian Federation ivanof91@mail.ru
Importance The article examines the countering money laundering and terrorism financing, being one of the State's economic security aspects that requires international, governmental and private organizations cooperate and coordinate their activities. The Federal Financial Monitoring Service is the key agent against money laundering, within the economic security system of the Russian Federation. Currently, there are a lot of discussions on setting up the most effective system for the Federal Financial Monitoring Service to analyze information resources. Objectives The research studies anti-money laundering activities of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service and the level of its cooperation with law enforcement authorities concerning this issue. Methods The research employs such general scientific methods as an abstraction and logic method, generalization, systematization, comparison, induction, deduction, analysis and synthesis. During the economic analysis, we approached to economic, statistical, system and structural methods. Results The research explores the main areas of the Service's financial monitoring, evaluates its cooperation with law enforcement authorities by analyzing financial investigations in money laundering and terrorism financing. Conclusions and Relevance The research brings practical value as its outcome and conclusions can be used to evaluate the criminal situation. The main provisions and recommendations can serve as a methodological basis for evaluating the anti-money laundering and terrorism financing system in modern Russia. We conclude that the Federal Financial Monitoring Service should implement IT in its analytical practices and cooperate more effectively with law enforcement units in order to improve the analysis of information on money laundering and terrorism financing.
Keywords: Federal Financial Monitoring Service, money laundering, encashment, terrorism financing
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