FIU enhances its expertise in investigating suspicious transactions involving crypto assets through the exchange of experience with EU authorities

Between April 22-23, 2026, a delegation of the Republic of Moldova, consisting of representatives of the Office for the Prevention and Fight against Money Laundering, the National Bank of Moldova, the Ministry of Finance, the State Fiscal Service and the National Financial Market Commission, conducted a study visit to Frankfurt, Germany.

The visit was organized within the framework of the OSCE extrabudgetary project, “Innovative Policy Solutions to Mitigate Money Laundering Risks Represented by Virtual Assets”, implemented by the OSCE Office of the Co-ordinator for Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA), with the financial support of Germany, Italy, Poland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America.

The event, organized by the OSCE and hosted by the European Central Bank (ECB), included meetings with representatives of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), the EU Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) and the ECB, as well as a separate session between the SPCSB and its German counterpart.

The discussions focused on key issues related to the transposition of the European Union Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), the licensing and supervision standards applicable to crypto-asset service providers (CASP), the national assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/FT) risks in the crypto-asset sector, the reporting requirements for suspicious transactions and activities, as well as the methods of analysis and investigation of suspected ML/FT cases involving crypto-assets. Issues related to national and international cooperation, as well as good practices applied at the European Union level in the field, were also addressed.

The activities carried out during the study visit provided the delegation with the opportunity to capitalize on the experience of partner institutions, thus contributing to the development of an efficient regulatory framework for the crypto-asset market, to the strengthening of the national system for preventing and combating money laundering and terrorist financing, as well as to the strengthening of cooperation with EU authorities in the field.