(Finance) – The School of Economic-Financial Police from the Financial Policebased in Lido di Ostia, hosted the conference “Anti-money laundering: the point on the UIF Register of Beneficial Owners and Anomaly Indicators.”, organized together with the Order of Chartered Accountants and Accounting Experts of Rome and the Lazio Regional Command of the Guardia di Finanza. During the event, which was attended by the Commander of the School, Gen. D. Francesco Mattanathe Lazio Regional Commander, Gen. D. Virgilio Pomponi and the President of the Order of Chartered Accountants and Accounting Experts, Giovanni Battista Calì, specific topics of common interest were explored in depth, by speakers from the Order and the Financial Police .
Moira Paviavice-president of the Anti-Money Laundering Commission of the Order, illustrated the news regarding the “Register of beneficial owners following the publication, on 9 October 2023, of the provision of the Ministry of Business and Made in Italy”. Thomas Kraicsovits, also vice-president of the Anti-Money Laundering Commission of the Order, addressed the topic of the “Anomaly Indicators of the Financial Information Unit (FIU) in force from 1 January 2024 and the Assessments for Anti-Money Laundering purposes for Professionals”. The Lieutenant Colonel Anthony BeeCommander of the Capital Market Protection Group of the Economic-Financial Police Unit of the Guardia di Finanza, highlighted the regulatory provisions regarding “Reports of suspicious transactions” and the “Role of anomaly indicators in the event of checks and controls”.
The Economic-Financial Police School represents the specialist training centre of the Guardia di Finanza, which ensures the professional updating of thousands of Fiamme Gialle every year, using the most modern teaching techniques in person and remotely.
The School is also an international training center for officials Agencies tax and Police of foreign countries, as it is the seat of theInternational Academy for Tax Crime Investigation of the OECD, point of reference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for the training of developing countries, Partnership Academy of Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, network partner of CEPOL, European Agency for training of the police forces, as well as headquarters of the EPPO (European Public Prosecutor’s Office) Academy with which capacity building initiatives were launched on matters of specific interest for the benefit of magistrates, police officials of member countries and the European Prosecutor’s Office.
L’Order of Chartered Accountants and Accounting Experts of Rome, with more than 60 permanent study commissions and around 200 conferences organized every year, has placed the advanced training and specialization of accountants among the priorities of its action. The Anti-Money Laundering Commission operates in this context and represents a point of reference not only at a local level for the interpretation of the legislation and the development of guidelines for colleagues.