In the Academy of the State Customs Committee, the final evaluation stage of the professional development training organized for officials of the customs bodies was held.

Before the evaluation, the head of the academy, Customs Service Major General Gulu Novruzov, met with the attendees of professional development trainings, welcomed the participants, and spoke about the effectiveness of the trainings, which included both theoretical and practical componenets, and were designed to increase the level of professionalism of customs service employees. G. Novruzov also noted the significant impact of the satisfaction surveys provided among the attendees of all the completed trainings on improving the quality of these trainings. He also touched on the issues regarding the reforms carried out in the customs system and stated that modern requirements demand different skills for customs service employees.

Speaking about the process of organizing the final evaluation based on the principles of objectivity and transparency, the head of the academy wished success to the attendees and expressed confidence that the acquired knowledge and skills would contribute significantly to their service activities.

Following the meeting, a final assessment of the knowledge of the training participants was conducted.

It should be noted that the trainings, which lasted 6 weeks and were attended by 40 customs employees, covered a wide range of topics. In addition to other topics, the Financial Monitoring Service also held a training for the attendees on the topic "Fundamentals and basic concepts of the system of legalization of property obtained through crime and the system of financing terrorism." In the training, professional experts presented extensive information about the requirements of the legislation on AML/CFT (anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism), and FATF (Financial Action Task Force) recommendations, and prepared presentations were brought to the attention of the participants.