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RRU to Host BRICS Programme on Money Laundering, Terror Financing
Rashtriya Raksha University will hold a five-day meeting about stopping money laundering and terrorist financing.
It will take place in Gandhinagar from September 7 to 11.
Experts and officials from BRICS countries will attend.
They will discuss how criminals use technology and international financial networks.
They will also study methods developed by the Financial Action Task Force.
Officials will share examples and ideas from their own countries.
The goal is to help countries cooperate better against financial crime.
The programme is part of India’s BRICS Chairship 2026.
India is also preparing to host the BRICS Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi.
Rashtriya Raksha University will host a five-day BRICS training programme from September 7 to 11 in Gandhinagar.
The programme will focus on combating money laundering and terrorist financing through FATF methodologies and BRICS best practices.
Participants will include policymakers, financial intelligence authorities, supervisors, law-enforcement agencies and prosecutors from BRICS countries.
Sessions will address emerging financial crime risks, technology-enabled threats, complex networks and cross-border illicit financial flows.
The programme is part of India’s BRICS Chairship 2026 and will precede the BRICS Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi.
- Who
- Rashtriya Raksha University, the FATF Cell of the Department of Revenue, and officials from BRICS member states.
- What
- A five-day capacity-building programme on combating money laundering and terrorist financing.
- Where
- Rashtriya Raksha University campus in Gandhinagar, India.
- When
- September 7 to 11; the inaugural session begins at 9:30 a.m. on September 7.
- Why
- To strengthen technical capacity, institutional cooperation and information-sharing to prevent, detect and investigate financial crime.
Key facts
- Programme title
- Emerging Risks, FATF Methodologies & BRICS Best Practices
- Duration
- Five days, from September 7 to 11
- Organisers
- Rashtriya Raksha University and the FATF Cell of the Department of Revenue in the Ministry of Finance
- Main focus
- Anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism
- Participants
- Policymakers, financial intelligence and supervisory authorities, law-enforcement agencies and prosecution agencies from BRICS member states
- Related summit
- The 18th BRICS Leaders’ Summit is scheduled in New Delhi from September 11 to 13
- RRU training record
- RRU said it has organised 61 specialised training programmes involving more than 2,000 participants from 85 countries
Quotes
Nirmala Sitharaman
Union Finance Minister of India, quoted from an address at RRU’s fourth convocation
“fills a critical niche by professionally training and certifying stakeholders across internal security, national security, and economic security through domain experts”
thehansindia.com
Sources
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