The first meeting of the subgroup of the Pact for the Stability in South-East Europe (SECI) in the field of fighting against money laundering and other financial infringements is held in Chisinau. The event, inaugurated on Monday, will end on Tuesday, September 26, with the adoption of a common resolution. The minister of internal affairs, Gheorghe Papuc, declared during the meeting that the R. Moldova is affected, together with other countries, by the money laundering problem. This phenomenon is characteristic, especially to the Transnistrian region, where with the help of external geopolitical forces, a criminal separatist regime was installed. According to the minister, with the participation of commercial banks in the region, millions of dollars that come from underground economic activity, from illegal sales of armament and from smuggling are being laundered. The Transnistrian businessmen which practice this type of infringement are collaborating with their “business partners” from the CIS space and even some Western countries, Papuc added. The minister also declared that actions to fight the “money laundering” phenomenon are included in a number of state and institutional programs regarding the fight against organized crime. 54 members of the SECI Center, representing 17 states are taking part in the reunion in Chisinau. According to statistics, in the world, annually, over 500 billion dollars are being laundered. This money is used, mainly, for criminal purposes, such as the diminishing of state security, financing of criminal communities and supporting criminal regimes.