Turkmenistan has a strong legal framework to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. The country has demonstrated a significant level of efficiency in the implementation of the national policy in the field of combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism, financing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Such conclusions are contained in the Report of the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (EAG).

According to newscentralasia.net, the Report emphasizes that Turkmenistan has built an effective system for preventing and suppressing terrorist financing, as well as the necessary legal and institutional mechanisms for international cooperation in this area. The country has not recorded any crimes of a terrorist nature, including the financing of terrorism.

The Government of Turkmenistan has largely integrated the fight against terrorist financing into national anti-terrorism strategies and is implementing preventive measures in the counter-terrorism policy.

This report is the result of a summary of the measures taken by Turkmenistan to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism following the results of a field mission of EAG evaluators from August 2 to 17, 2022.