Binance signs MoU with Kazakhstan to fight financial crime
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Binance signs MoUwith Kazakhstan to fight financial crime
Globalcryptocurrency exchange Binance has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with theFinancial Monitoring Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan as part of itsglobal law enforcement training program.
Theprogramme, which includes officials from regulatory and law enforcementorganizations around the world, aims to strengthen industry collaboration withnational and international law enforcement in the fight against financial crimeand cybercrime. The program aims to identify and block digital assetsobtained illegally and used for criminal proceeds and to finance terrorism.
Kazakhstanhas emerged as one of the leading crypto nations for Bitcoin (BTC) miningand in recent times, Central Asian nations are also developing favorable cryptoregulations such as allowing crypto exchanges to open bank accounts, and eventhat want to legalize crypto use more widely. Binance received in-principle approvalto operate in Kazakhstan earlier this year.
The Binancelaw enforcement training program has previously been held in Israel, Canada,Brazil, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Norway. Theprogram officially launched on September 26, but the company's investigativeteam has been conducting workshops for law enforcement for the past year.
In theabsence of any strong crypto regulatory framework among most countries, the expansionof crypto exchanges such as Binance in these jurisdictions comeswith its own challenges. Thus, with the help of the training program, Binancehopes to raise awareness among law enforcement agencies and authorities todevelop cooperation on a global scale.
The cryptoexchange's focus on compliance and regulations comes after facing severalwarnings and scrutiny from financial regulators around the world. However, theexchange has improved and is even back in many jurisdictions such as Italy andFrance where it was deemed illegal to operate. Binance attributed its recentregulatory approvals in France, Italy and Spain to the recent compliancemeasures.
Binance's decision to sign a memorandum with the government of Kazakhstan is yet another indication that the exchange intends to comply with global regulations and hopes to see the same in other jurisdictions.