The President of the Judicial Council received the head of the team (Anti-Money Laundering Project) in Iraq

Judge Abdul Jabbar Aziz Hassan, President of the Kurdistan Regional Judicial Council, received Andrew Mahoney, Head of the UNDP Anti-Money Laundering Project in Iraq, and his delegation.

In a meeting that was attended by Judge Dara Mohammed Ibrahim, a member of the Kurdistan Regional Court of Cassation, discussions were held on the crime of money laundering and financing terrorism, the procedures and mechanisms to combat this crime, and the mechanisms of implementing Law No. 39 of 2015 on combating money laundering in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region and the necessary amendments to that law was passed.

The President of the Judicial Council reaffirmed the support of the Council and courts for cooperation and coordination with the team and said that their expertise is useful for the Judicial Council and courts of the Kurdistan Region. He also thanked them for opening training courses to strengthen the capacity of judges to combat terrorism financing and money laundering.