Memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Finance of Republic of Kazakhstan and the Anti-Money Laundering Office of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Croatia on cooperation in the sphere of combating legalization (laundering) of illegally gained income, and financing terrorism (Astana, 28 October 2015, Zagreb, 5 November 2015)

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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN
THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE OF REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN
AND
THE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING OFFICE OF THE MINISTRY OF
FINANCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
ON COOPERATION IN THE SPHERE OF COMBATING
LEGALIZATION (LAUNDERING) OF ILLEGALLY GAINED INCOME,
AND FINANCING TERRORISM
(Astana, 28 October 2015, Zagreb, 5 November 2015)

The Ministry of Finance of Republic of Kazakhstan and The Anti-Money Laundering Office of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Croatia (the Financial Intelligence Unit of Croatia), hereafter referred to as «the Authorities»,

Considering the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Republic of Croatia on the cooperation in combating organized crime, illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, terrorism and other types of crime in July 4, 2007 and, in a spirit of cooperation and mutual interest, to cooperate in the sphere of combating money laundering, financing of terrorism,

To that end they reached the following understanding:

Article 1

The Authorities will cooperate, on the bases of reciprocity to assemble, develop and analyze information in their possession concerning financial transactions with money and (or) other assets, suspected of being related to money laundering or financing of terrorism or criminal activities connected with money laundering and financing of terrorism, and information and documentation about the persons or companies involved. To that end, the Authorities will exchange information and documentation spontaneously or upon request.

Article 2

Any request for information and documentation will be justified by a brief statement of the underlying facts, including the reason for the request, the purpose for which the information will be used and enough information to enable the requested Authority to determine whether the request complies with its national legislation and norms of international law.

Article 3

1. The information and documentation contained in the request will be used only for the purpose of combating the legalization (laundering) of illegally gained income and terrorist financing.

2. The information and documentation obtained from the respective Authorities will not be disseminated to any third party, nor be used for administrative, judicial investigation or prosecution purposes without prior consent of the disclosing Authority.