The Financial Monitoring Service (FMS) under the Central Bank of Azerbaijan in January 2013 received 19 thousand items of information on suspicious transactions and the current, which is 28.5% less than the previous month.
According to the service during the past year they received 259.867 thousand data. Compared to January-December 2011 the figure rose to 22.91 thousand units, or 9.7 percent.
Financial Monitoring has functioned since 2009 and is the body in charge of the state policy in the field of combating money laundering and terrorist financing. - 15B -
Economics
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Temporary suspension of gas supplies from Azerbaijan to Serbia will be avoided, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Sunday.
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On January 11, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić announced that Azerbaijan had notified Serbia about the suspension of daily gas supplies amounting to 1.7 million cubic meters due to technical problems at the Shah Deniz field.
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The Turkish company Aksa Doğalgaz, part of Kazancı Holding, has announced the completion of the contractual process to purchase the gas distribution companies Bursagaz and Kayserigaz. These companies have been operating under SOCAR Türkiye Energy AS (STEAS) since 2019, according to Aksa Doğalgaz.
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Azerbaijan's Cabinet of Ministers has introduced new regulations establishing the minimum royalties for authors of state-commissioned films, aiming to promote creative works reflecting the country's national identity and cultural values.
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