The meeting promoted open dialogue, with the goal of strengthening public-private collaboration in this area.
Spain.- The General Directorate for Gambling Regulation (DGOJ), part of the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and 2030 Agenda, celebrated this Thursday, February 6, in collaboration with the Public Treasury and the Executive Service of the Commission for the Prevention of Money Laundering and Monetary Infractions (Sepblac), the first Sectoral Conference on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing with online gambling operators.
The meeting, which took place at the DGOJ headquarters, brought together representatives from authorized online gambling operators and regulatory and supervisory bodies to address current challenges in money laundering prevention, related to the area of regulatory compliance and the main risks of the activity.
Mikel Arana, General Director of Gambling Regulation and Irene Sánchez Pérez, advisory member of the Public Treasury, opened the day.
Additionally, Arana acted as moderator for the various presentations in which the main experts from Sepblac, as the Financial Intelligence Unit and Supervisory Authority for the prevention of money laundering and the Public Treasury analyzed the latest regulatory updates and sanctions at European and international levels.
They also presented the main findings in inspections to operators and discussed the role of financial intelligence in the prevention and detection of risk operations, among other topics.
Subsequently, a round table took place, featuring experts such as Alberto Navarro, deputy director of inspection at the DGOJ, and representatives from Sepblac and the Public Treasury, where issues and doubts raised by online gambling operators were addressed.
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The main objective of this conference is the creation of a continuous and open space for dialogue and exchange of knowledge, and challenges and improvements between the public sector and authorized online gambling operators.
As explained by the DGOJ, this line of action aims to “promote public-private collaboration, in order to contribute to the improvement of money laundering prevention in our country from a common perspective and effective cooperation, creating this meeting point”. It is expected that this conference will be repeated on subsequent occasions.
