04/07/2014
Buenos Aires (Argentina) this week is hosting an activity organized jointly between the GAFISUD-UEand AMERIPOL-EUprojects, both of which are part of the “Cocaine Route” programme financed by the European Commission's Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP). This institutional seminar for police and prosecutors is entitled: “Combating money laundering and organized crime”.
Ponentes del seminario ''Lucha contra el blanqueo de capitales y el crimen organizado''.Speakers at the 'Combating money laundering and organized crime' seminar.
The training at the seminar is being presented by instructors specialized in money laundering from the Finance Guard of Italy, one of the consortium partners responsible for the AMERIPOL-EU project, which is being led by the FIIAPP.
The activity includes the participation of police and prosecutors from the following Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay.
During the four days of the seminar, which ends today, the participants attended sessions focusing on subjects such as the legal framework surrounding money laundering; pre-investigation analysis; techniques for combating these types of illegal operations (practical cases); analysis of reports of suspicious operations and anti-money laundering inspections; the strategies of countries like Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom for combating these criminal activities; and the databases, analysis tools and georeferencing of information about organized crime, among others.
This training is being complemented with debates sessions and workshops aimed at improving cooperation and work in the area of combating money laundering.
