Financial intelligence of Russia, Iraq, Iran, Syria agree to fight financing Daesh together

Heads of financial intelligence services of Russia, Iraq, Iran and Syria have agreed to fight together against financing Daesh terrorist organization.

Russia’s Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring) told TASS on Thursday that heads of intelligence services of Russia, Iraq, Iran and Syria held a meeting in Moscow on Wednesday and discussed strengthening cooperation in fighting against financing of terrorism.

"Our countries are directly influenced by the situation around the Islamic State. That is why at this uneasy time it is especially obvious that joint mechanisms are needed to fight against this evil," head of Rosfinmonitoring Yury Chikhanchin said.

Participants in the meeting highly assessed Russia’s efforts on uncovering channels of Daesh financing. The sides also discussed the format of cooperation between financial intelligence services of Russia, Iraq, Iran and Syria.

Source: MENA