OSCE and UN Office on Drugs and Crime deliver training course in Tajikistan on improving analytical tools and skills to effectively counter terrorist financing

A three-day training course for fifteen Tajik experts and practitioners aimed at strengthening the capacity of Tajikistan to counter terrorist financing was organized by the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department and the OSCE Programme in Dushanbe, in co-operation with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)’s Global Programme against Money Laundering, from 25 to 27 February 2019.

The training course, held in Dushanbe, was led by international experts from the OSCE and UNODC. The training participants work in the headquarters of the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Financial Monitoring Department of the National Bank of Tajikistan, the Ministry of the Interior, and the State Committee for National Security of the Republic of Tajikistan.

The participants learned how improving inter-agency co-operation can help to disrupt terrorist financing. Based on country- and region-specific scenarios, the course included sessions on tackling financial intelligence and strategic analysis. The participants were familiarized with specific instruments and techniques that will help to significantly improve their effectiveness in countering terrorist financing.

The course aims to assist Tajikistan in countering terrorist financing in line with international standards, in particular UN Security Council Resolutions, the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF)’s standards and OSCE commitments.

The training course is part of a comprehensive multi-annual OSCE-UNODC capacity-building programme to support national efforts to counter terrorist financing in Central Asia.