Laura Aus is the Deputy Head of the Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit. The main focus areas are international sanctions, countering terrorist finance, and supervision. Former Head of the International Financial Sanctions and Counter-Terrorist Financing Department and the Lawyer of the Anti-Money Laundering Supervision Department of Finantsinspektsioon – the Estonian Financial Supervisory Authority. With a background in law and economics, she has worked in both, the public and private sectors. In addition, she has experience in conducting AML/CFT national supervisory activities, developing sanctions compliance frameworks for financial institutions, and developing sanctions guidelines. She has been also an assessor for MONEYVAL (FATF) – the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism.