Sub-regional workshop on Terrorism Financing

The Secretariats of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism and the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (OAS/SMS/CICTE and CICAD) in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and under the auspices of the Institute on Drugs of Costa Rica (ICD), organized a “Sub-regional Workshop on countering Terrorism Financing”, held in San José, Costa Rica, from February 3 to 6, 2009.

The main aim of the Workshop was to build capacity on (i) legislative issues related to the financing of terrorism and the international approach; (ii) investigation and prosecution special techniques; and (iii) international cooperation. The Workshop was divided into two segments: the first one (which took place on the first day) provided general training primarily for legislators and high-ranking officials of the Executive Branch; the second segment (days two through four) was a technical segment for prosecutors, officials of National Financial Intelligence Units and law enforcement officials with relevant experience investigating financial crimes. Experts from the organizing institutions participated in the conference, together with experts from other international and sub-regional organizations, and the private sector, such as the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), INTERPOL, the U.S. Department of Justice, the National Court (Audiencia Nacional) of Spain, and Western Union.  Additionally, Assistant Secretary General of the OAS, Amb. Albert Ramdin, gave some closing remarks the last day of the workshop.

A technical working document with a thorough set of conclusions and recommendations was adopted by the participants of the workshop, reaffirming the commitments of participating countries—Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, and Paraguay—in the area of counter terrorism and its financing.

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