AML Committee

The purpose of the Anti-Money Laundering Committee (AML) is to implement the highest standards and best international practices in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing. All banks commit and work in that direction to adhere to these standards in order to avoid using the banking sector for money laundering or terrorist financing. Therefore, banks through this committee work to comply with the requirements set out in Kosovo's legislation and best banking practices by the Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo (CBK) and the Financial Intelligence Unit of Kosovo (FIU-K) with an aim to prevent and combat money laundering and terrorist financing. In addition, banks closely follow the international AML / CFT international standards issued by the FATF, the Basel Committee, the Wolsfberg Group Principles, the EU AML / CFT Directives, International Monetary Fund, and World Bank.

The Committee cooperates closely with the CBK as well as the FIU for the implementation of the Law on Money Laundering Prevention and Fighting the Financing of Terrorism, the CBK Regulation on Money Laundering Prevention and Fighting Terrorist Financing as well as other sub-legal acts related to this legal framework.

The Committee, in close cooperation with the FIU, contributes to the national risk assessment of money laundering and financing of terrorism in the Republic of Kosovo, whose results are relevant to the banking sector in order to further strengthen the prevention mechanism such as fighting money laundering and terrorist financing. Moreover, the Committee in question has been continuously involved in the EU Project against Economic Crime in Kosovo, which aims to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, corruption, informal economy, and such related offenses.

The AML Committee organizes regular meetings with various agencies in Kosovo and various international experts in this field, focusing on raising national awareness on the consequences of money laundering in various aspects such as increase of crime and corruption, the country's reputation risk, social costs, and so on.

The Anti-Money Laundering Committee is chaired by Mr. Denis Dautaj, head of AML at NLB Bank, and vice chair Mrs. Edvina Jashanica Deliu, head of AML at ProCredit Bank. 

Other members of this committee are:

Alban Hetemi
The representative of TEB Bank;

Ali Krasniqi
The representative of Banka Kombëtare Tregtare;

Dorina Kurhasani
The representative of IS Bankasi;

Besart Dema
The representative of Ziraat Bank;

Besart Qerimi 
The representative of Banka Ekonomike;

Jehona Haskuka
The representative of Raiffeisen Bank;

Albert Devaja
The representative of the Banka për Biznes;

Mirlinda Dreshaj
The representative of Credins Bank;