Regional Programme for Afghanistan and Neighbouring Countries

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West and Central Asian Countries are Committed to Boost Efforts in Addressing the Issue of Human Trafficking and Smuggling of Migrants in the Region

As a follow up to the recommendations agreed at the 2019 regional workshop on disruption of  illicit financial flows derived from trafficking in persons,  West and Central Asian countries gathered in Nur-Sultan on 16-17 November 2021 to discuss legal challenges in the practical implementation of the anti-human trafficking legislation at national and international level, as well as opportunities for synergy  to improve access to financial intelligence data and analysis and to enhance inter-agency cooperation.[Read More]

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The management of complex assets: challenges and opportunities of crypto assets, real estate and companies

The Second Inter-Regional Workshop on Complex Assets Management was organized jointly with the Asset Recovery Inter-Agency Network of West and Central Asia (ARIN-WCA) to provide a platform for law enforcement and prosecution services to discuss issues related to the management of complex assets with focus on cryptocurrency as a value of ill-gotten assets, real estates and companies, as well as share best practices.[Read More]

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Regional Programme for Afghanistan and Neighbouring Countries facilitates regional dialogues on prison health sector reform in West and Central Asia

Since 2000, the global prison population has increased by 24 percent and it is estimated that at any given time more than 10.74 million people are held in prisons and other closed settings, of whom more than a quarter are pretrial detainees. Statistics indicate that people in prison are 7.2 times more likely to be living with HIV than adults in the general population.[Read More]

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