In accordance with FATF recommendations, the Republic of Serbia has updated its national risk assessments in the field of preventing money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation. The Government of the Republic of Serbia has adopted a series of strategic documents, including the National Risk Assessment on Money Laundering, the National Risk Assessment on Terrorist Financing, the Risk Assessment in the Digital Assets Sector, and the Risk Assessment on the Financing of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.

To raise awareness and enhance work in this field, two significant workshops were organized in January and February 2025, where key findings and recommendations were presented.

At its 99th session of the X convocation, held on January 16, 2025, the Securities Commission issued a decision ordering the Belgrade Stock Exchange AD Belgrade to extend the previously imposed measure of temporary suspension of trading in the shares of the issuer NIS AD Novi Sad until the reasons for the temporary suspension cease to exist.

The same decision also instructed the Central Securities Depository and Clearing House to refrain from executing ownership transfers of the issuer’s shares for the duration of the temporary suspension of trading.

At the session of the Government of the Republic of Serbia held on december 5, 2024, the National Risk Assessment on Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Financing of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction was adopted. This document represents an update and reassessment of the risks within the system for preventing these illicit activities, conducted in 2024.

During the process, a review was carried out on previous assessments, which included the evaluation of money laundering and terrorist financing risks, the misuse of the non-profit sector for terrorist financing, as well as the assessment of risks related to legal entities and legal arrangements. Special attention was given to the assessment of the risk of financing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the risk assessment within the digital assets sector.