A three-day seminar on the organization of financial monitoring in the regions was held at the State Committee for Financial Monitoring of Ukraine, with the participation of the heads of regional departments of Volyn, Zaporizhzhia, Lviv, Kherson oblasts and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. As reported by the press service of Derzhfinmonitorynh of Ukraine, the seminar participants were provided with methodological assistance on the organization and functioning of regional structural subdivisions. Within the framework of the seminar, issues of interaction with financial monitoring entities, law enforcement and other state bodies were considered. The participants were familiarized with the work of the interdepartmental working group on researching methods and trends in money laundering of proceeds obtained through criminal means, the organization of methodological support for the financial monitoring system, the activities of the analytical and information systems of Derzhfinmonitorynh, etc. According to the head of Derzhfinmonitorynh, Serhii Hurzhii, today the next stage of development of the national system for combating money laundering and terrorist financing is very important. First of all, this is work in the regions through the formation of a regional network, which will allow, taking into account the specifics of the region, to act more effectively in the sphere of combating the laundering of "dirty" funds and terrorist financing. It is precisely the regional units of financial intelligence that are currently being created that are called upon to establish interaction with primary financial monitoring entities in the oblasts and to promote the further development of the national system for combating money laundering and terrorist financing.