Regional workshop on "International and Regional Cooperation to Disrupt Illicit Financial Flows Derived from Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants"
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UNODC Iran facilitated participation of expert from the Judiciary - General Prosecutor's Office in the regional workshop on "International and Regional Cooperation to Disrupt Illicit Financial Flows Derived from Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants", held in Almaty, Kazakhtstan on 9-10 October 2018. The meeting was organized in close collaboration of UNODC Regional Programme for Afghanistan and Neighbouring Countries and with cooperation of UNODC Programme for Central Asia and the Global Action to Prevent and Address Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants (GLO.ACT), Trafficking In Persons (TIP) and Smuggling Of Migrants (SOM). Law enforcement focal points and financial intelligence experts from the Central Asia region (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan), Afghanistan and Pakistan, also participated in the meeting.
The workshop looked at the role of financial regulators in the investigation process, the role of joint financial task forces, the use of formal and informal cooperation channels, as well as the potential role of private sector.
At the end of the workshop the delegations agreed on the need for technical assistance support from UNODC in building the capacity of financial regulatory bodies and the banking sector on a similar set of skills at regional level to facilitate regional Financial Intelligence Unit's (FIU) in disrupting illicit financial flows generated from human trafficking/smuggling of migrants (HT/SoM).
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For further information, please contact:
Morvarid Javidi (Ms.), Programme Assistant, UNODC Iran
Tel.: +9821 88 87 83 77,
Email: morvarid.javidi@un.org