Regional training seminars on countering money laundering and financing of terrorism in Osh and Issyk-Kul
About 50 state officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Prosecutor General’s Office, the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic and private sector representatives have participated at the specialized training seminars on joint financial investigations: “Best Practices in Terrorist Financing and Money Laundering Investigations”, conducted in Osh (May 17-19) and Issyk-Kul (June 19-21). For the first time, the state officials from the Penitentiary Service under the Ministry of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic were invited to discuss issues related to financial investigations.
During the trainings, lectors have elaborated on the role and possibilities of financial intelligence in the investigation of cases related to money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF), discussed the interaction between the subjects of the national system for combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism (AML / CFT) and talked about the experiences in conducting joint financial investigations. In addition, the LEA representatives had a chance to lead trial practical exercises on investigation of real cases related to ML and FT using the analytical software “Graphus”, which was granted to the Training Center by the Rosfinmonitoring during the 38th EAG Plenary meeting.
Using “Graphus” allows to gain practical experience in financial investigations and develop skills in analyzing data arrays and finding optimal solutions.
The last session day was dedicated to profiling training and its general characteristics, as this will particularly increase the professional level of employees of investigative and operational units in lie detection and verification of information, which will help to increase the efficiency of procedural, investigative actions and operational-search activities.
These trainings are aimed at enhancing the knowledge of the representatives of the law-enforcement agencies and private sector, raise awareness on the nature of the terrorist financing (TF) risks and increase the personnel potential.
The trainings were organized in the framework of the OSCE UB project “Supporting the Kyrgyz Republic in improvement of the national AML/CFT system”. The project contributes to the improvement of the national AML/CFT system, strengthening of international and interagency cooperation, as well as improving the professional skills of employees.