Aliyev Approves National Plan to Combat Criminal Money Laundering
On November 18 President Ilham Aliyev approved the National Action Plan for 2017-2019 on the fight against money laundering and other property obtained by criminal means and the financing of terrorism.
The Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Taxes, the Ministry of Interior, the State Security Service, the State Border Service, the State Customs Committee and a number of other agencies are charged with sending electronic annual reports on the implementation of the measures stipulated by the National Action Plan to the Cabinet of Ministers and the Commission on Fight against Corruption. The reports are to be submitted by December 15 every year. The Cabinet and the Anti-Corruption Commission are to inform the Head of State. -02D-
Politics
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On January 10, the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, accepted the credentials of the newly appointed Ambassador of Lithuania to Azerbaijan, Kestutis Vaškevičius.
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By the decree of the head of state on January 10, a "National Data" system is being established in Azerbaijan. The new system aims to ensure efficiency and transparency through the use of digital technologies by central and local executive authorities, state legal entities with controlling shares, public legal entities, other budgetary organizations, as well as local self-government bodies.
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By a decree of the head of state dated January 10, Azerbaijan has established an information system called "Digital Ecology." The new system integrates the activities of the Ministry of Ecology through the use of digital technologies with other individuals and legal entities.
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Due to the large fires that broke out in California on January 7, the Azerbaijani General Consulate in Los Angeles has been evacuated, the official representative of Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Aykhan Hajiyev reported on Friday.
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