Monitoring and advocating against the global trend of increasing restriction of CSO activities in response to security and counter-terrorism and its burdens on civil society operations, ECNL and its partners have convened a global Expert Hub of different countries and activists on Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT). The Hub members build their coalitions, document the effects of AML/CFT measures in their own countries, develop strategies and reform laws, or develop joint government-CSO risk assessments – a best practice attracting global interest. Since the invasive AML measures were undertaken by the Serbian government in July 2020, ECNL launched a rapid response action and provided immediate support through strategic guidance, arguments and information to national organisations and individuals. Read more here.
Source: ECNL