United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Central America and the Caribbean

UNODC Starts Workshop on System Reform of Money Laundering and its Regulations, Addressed to Institutions from the Public and Private Sector

The training was held on July 4 ^th and 5 ^th and included a presentation by Alejandra Quevedo, technical expert of the Financial Action Task Force Latin America (GAFILAT) and Roman Chavarria, head of the Financial Investigation Unit of Costa Rica.

The presentations were based on publicizing the specific requirements of the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (GAFI), including the framework of laws and coercive means and powers and procedures of the competent authorities. Also, ways to identify and respond to international threats and identifying high-risk jurisdictions with weak systems were explained.

The knowledge acquired by the participants were put into practice through cases of application of Salvadoran law.