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UNODC celebrated the National Day for the Prevention of Money Laundering

On Monday, October 29, at the Barceló Hotel facilities, the national money laundering prevention day was held for the third consecutive year. This campaign with the slogan "Report and Act", has been promoted by the project Countering Corruption in El Salvador, a joint initiative of UNODC El Salvador and the Attorney General of the Republic, through the Financial Investigation Unit, with financial support from the Embassy of the United States in El Salvador, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL).

This commemoration seeks to sensitize citizens, businessmen and public officers with the intention inform about risks that money laundering and how it reflects to society, economic sectors and public entities. It is also a call to build concrete actions to combat and denounce the illicit resources that come from crimes such as drug trafficking, corruption, kidnapping, human trafficking, among others.

On this occasion and with a view to counter money laundering, a specialized event was developed with topics such as: Challenges of El Salvador against the Draft of the Special Law for the Prevention, Control and Sanction of Money Laundering, The Role of the Financial Investigation Unit (FIU) and the importance of its independence, Functions of the Compliance Officer in matters of compliance management and risk management associated with criminal activities, Functions of the Compliance Officer in matters of compliance management and risk management associated with criminal activities. These subjects were developed by officers from the Attorney General's Office, The Caribbean Financial Action Group and international consultants from UNODC.

The event was attended by the Mr. Douglas Arquímides Meléndez Ruíz, Attorney General of the Republic, Mrs. Mónica Mendoza, Head of the UNODC Country Office in El Salvador, Ambassador Jean Elizabeth Manes of the Embassy of the United States of America in El Salvador, among others.

Likewise, the portal  http://combatealacorrupcion.org/antilavado2018/ with information regarding the event and the campaign for social networks was activated, and also the campaign with the hashtag #DenunciaYactúa was presented.