Some 130 participants from national institutions, national statistical offices from pilot countries and other countries
in the region participated in the online meeting, together with experts from international organizations, academia and research
centres.
The presentation of the final results of pilot activities conducted in Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador between 2018
and 2020 focused on:
- illustrating the final estimates on illicit financial flows related to selected illegal market
activities, such as drug trafficking (cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine trafficking), smuggling of migrants and illegal
gold mining
- sharing experiences, lessons learned, best practices from implementing countries, as well
as ideas on how to improve data collection and research on illicit financial flows to facilitate monitoring of SDG Indicator
16.4.1 by national statistical offices and other relevant national institutions.
