Council of Europe provided a legal opinion to the Financial Intelligence Unit of Azerbaijan, upon its request, on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing legislation. The analysis and recommendations of the opinion are intended to support the competent authorities in improving the legislation related to implementation of targeted financial sanctions related to terrorism and terrorist financing. This activity is organised within the framework of the EU/CoE Partnership for Good Governance II Project on “Strengthening anti-money laundering and asset recovery in Azerbaijan,” which is funded jointly by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe.
