Subject. This article deals with the issues of improving the professional competence and skills of financial monitoring specialists within the framework of enhancing the activities of the national anti-money laundering system (AML/CFT).
Objectives. The article aims to identify the main areas of development of the national system of financial monitoring personnel training and the creation of an educational framework in this field.
Methods. For the study, we used the systems approach, methods of comparative analysis, and the historical and logical unity principle.
Results. The article offers recommendations to create an integrated educational space of the EAEU in the field of AML/CFT and the main directions of development and improvement of the Russian system of training and retraining of personnel in this area.
Conclusions. In the context of the digitalization of the economy and the rapid development of financial technologies, it is necessary to constantly update the methods and tools for training personnel for the national financial monitoring system, including the expansion of cooperation between Russian universities and organizations that train and retrain AML/CFT specialists, as well as strengthening the positions of the International Training and Methodology Center for Financial Monitoring (ITMCFM) and the International Network Institute.