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.
