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09
September
2021

Rada increases amount of money transfer for primary financial monitoring to more than UAH 5,000

KYIV. Sept 9 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Verkhovna Rada has adopted at the final reading bill No. 5559, which specifies the amount of money transfer, which is subject to primary financial monitoring, to more than UAH 5,000.

The amendments to the law on preventing and combating money laundering were backed by 315 MPs with the required 226 votes.

The bill authored by Ihor Fris, MP from Servant of the People parliamentary faction, specifies the amount of cash transfers that are carried out without observing identification requirements, defining it "in an amount that does not exceed UAH 5,000," while the preliminary requirement is indicated in the law as "the amount, which is less than UAH 5,000."