Best International Practices on Investigations of Terrorism Financing Discussed in Uzbekistan

On September 21-24, 2021, the training on "Countering the Financing of Terrorism: advanced course of investigations" took place at the Academy of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The training was attended by practitioners from the General Prosecutor's Office, Department for Combating Economic Crimes under the General Prosecutor's Office, State Security Service, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Academy of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

During the training, international experts of UNODC and Secretariat of the Eurasian Group (EAG) presented the experience and best practices in the investigation of crimes related to the financing of terrorism, and taught the participants the skills of collecting and analyzing financial traces, and also conducted practical activities to track and suppress illegal financial flows designed to support terrorist activities.

This fifth training was held within the framework of the multi-year programme on “Countering the Financing of Terrorism” implemented by the UNODC in cooperation with the OSCE. The main goal of the Programme is to improve the efficiency of interagency cooperation in accordance with international best practices, strengthening the country’s national capacity to counter financing of terrorism. The Programme intends to reinforce the implementation of the UN Security Council Resolutions 1267, 1373, 2462 and other related resolutions and Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards.

The training was organized by the UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia with the expert support of the UNODC Global Anti-Money Laundering Programme and financial support of Norway and the Russian Federation.

UNODC, within its global mandates and the framework of the Programme for Central Asia for 2015-2021, provides ongoing technical assistance to member states, including Republic of Uzbekistan. Strengthening the legal framework, policies and national strategies on countering corruption, drug trafficking and money laundering is a priority area for technical assistance for UNODC.

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