Lottopar participated in a workshop of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (Rusi), financial institutions, and government bodies, also supported by the Financial Activities Control Council. It was the only lottery present at the meeting, which took place last week in São Paulo.
On the 10th and 11th, Lottopar was in São Paulo to participate in an event that discussed advancements in the prevention of money laundering and financial crimes. This was an opportunity for the agency to further deepen its knowledge in this area.
Among the purposes of Lottopar, within the scope of lottery operations in Paraná, is the role of supervising and creating tools and mechanisms to curb criminal practices within lottery activities, thus providing safe entertainment for the people of Paraná.
Rusi speakers, Wojciech Pawlus, manager of dissemination and implementation, and Chandana Seshadri, research analyst, as well as associate members Allison Owen and Andrew Mackay, addressed various topics related to the field.
The meeting had panels discussing the following topics:
- Typologies of virtual assets and warning signs
- Financial investigations on suspicious activities
- Challenges for law enforcement
- Institutional risk assessment
- Risk assessment of institutional virtual assets and virtual asset service providers
It was a valuable opportunity for the operations director, Fabio Veiga, and the technical director, Rafael Halila, who represented Lottopar at the event, to get in touch with the best international practices in combating money laundering.
“The participation of Lottopar in this workshop demonstrates our concern in always seeking the best international practices. During these two days, we had contact with representatives from banking institutions, Coaf, Securities Commission (CVM), and experts in combating money laundering and received some recommendations from them, and we realized that we are already ahead”, highlighted the operations director, Fabio Veiga.
“Once Lottopar is already enabled in the Financial Activities Control System (Siscoaf) and thus the lottery operators licensed by us have a deadline of 24 hours, confidentially, to report to Coaf when an operation that may constitute an indication of a money laundering crime is identified”, he stated.
The meeting gathered experts from the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI), financial institutions, and government bodies, also supported by the Financial Activities Control Council (Coaf).
The Royal United Services Institute has been disseminating defense and security practices for over 190 years. It originated in the United Kingdom and is headquartered in Whitehall, London, and has had participation from influential figures such as prime ministers of the United Kingdom, a president of the United States, numerous foreign leaders, and members of the Royal Family.
It has various study committees, among them the Centre for Financial and Security (CFS), which promotes research and seeks to disseminate practices to curb financial crimes globally.
The meeting gathered experts from the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI), financial institutions, and government bodies, also supported by the Financial Activities Control Council (Coaf).
Source: GMB
