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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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed amendments to two presidential decrees, refining the roles and appointments of the State Customs Committee's representatives abroad, including in international organizations.
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Auditing organizations and independent auditors in Azerbaijan concluded 7,232 contracts valued at 133.2 million manats ($78.4 million) in 2023, reflecting increases of 20% in the number of contracts and 7.1% in their total value compared to the previous year, according to the Chamber of Auditors.
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The third meeting of the auction commission was held to evaluate the proposals submitted by participants in the auction for the Gobustan Solar Power Plant project, supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The meeting focused primarily on determining qualification eligibility and selecting the auction winner, according to the State Agency for Renewable Energy Sources.
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There is no sensationalism in the recent renaming of the Azerbaijani ship Karabakh to Mingachevir; the new name was given to the ship to ensure that two vessels would not operate under the same name, the Merchant Fleet of Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ASCO) CJSC told Turan.
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