OSCE and UNODC train Kyrgyz officials in improving investigation techniques to counter terrorist financing
A seven-day training course aimed at strengthening the capacity of government officials from Kyrgyzstan to conduct investigations in the field of countering terrorist financing was organized by the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)’s Global Programme against Money Laundering, with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, from 2 to 8 October 2017 in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan.
The training course, for 16 officials, was led by an OSCE international expert, together with five local government officials who were trained in a three-day train-the-trainers course organized by OSCE and UNODC in September in Vienna.
The training course, based on country and region-specific scenarios, included among other things, sessions on sources of information, the role of the Financial Intelligence Unit, case management, prevention of the abuse of non-profit organizations for terrorist financing, Foreign Terrorist Fighters, and new payment methods.
The course is part of a comprehensive capacity-building programme focused on analysis, investigation, and inter-agency-co-operation aimed at supporting national efforts to counter terrorist financing.
This activity was conducted to assist Kyrgyzstan in countering terrorist financing in line with international standards, in particular UN Security Council Resolutions and OSCE commitments.