Status
Active
Start
2022

The Legislative Assistance and Combating Terrorist Financing Program provides technical assistance to OAS member states to develop and approve the necessary legislation to effectively counter terrorism and its financing, in accordance with the universal legal instruments against terrorism, especially the United Nations Convention against the Financing of Terrorism, the Resolutions of the UN Security Council, the Inter-American Convention against Terrorism, and the Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on money laundering and financing of terrorism (ML / FT).

This program includes an ambitious project to prevent terrorism based on the detection and elimination of its funding sources and the criminalization of the financing of terrorist activities, through the promotion of international cooperation, the exchange of information, the incorporation of legislation in accordance with international standards and the training of national authorities for effective implementation.


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Objectives
  • Strengthen the capacity of OAS member states to counter terrorism financing through greater compliance with relevant international and regional legal obligations.
Activities
  • Legislative technical assistance missions: Under the Legislative Assistance and Combating Terrorist Financing Program (LACFT), CICTE has supported member states by providing legislative technical assistance to draft and approve legislation necessary to counter terrorism and its financing, in accordance with the universal legal instruments against terrorism, especially the Resolutions of the Security Council of the United Nations, the Inter-American Convention against Terrorism (IACAT) and the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on money laundering and financing of terrorism (LA / FT).
  • Specialized technical training for members of the Financial Intelligence Units, prosecutors, judges and law enforcement officers in the field of ML / FT. 
  • National, regional or subregional activities, such as workshops and training courses.

CICTE assists member states by:

  • Strengthening their institutional capacities to prevent and counter terrorism financing, assisting them in the implementation of international legal instruments on ALA/CTF and improving international cooperation on key issues related to terrorism financing investigations.
  • Supporting financial institutions in the detection of ML / TF activities by preventing and detecting movements of funds or assets linked to terrorist organizations and providing effective support to law enforcement agencies.
  • Improving regional and international cooperation among officials of the security agencies in the Free Trade Zones, by identifying types and warning signs of ML / TF in foreign trade operations.
  • Strengthening the legal frameworks of the member states to implement targeted financial sanctions and develop mechanisms to formulate domestic lists, in accordance with the norms established by the Resolutions of the United Nations Security Council and the 40 Recommendations of the FATF.
More Results
Results
Legislative assistance in the development of 9 national laws on money laundering and terrorist financing provided.
29 Legislative technical assistance missions on money laundering and terrorist financing, in Paraguay, Panama, Dominica.
Beneficiary Countries
Argentina
Argentina
Barbados
Barbados
Bolivia
Bolivia
Brazil
Brazil
Chile
Chile
Colombia
Colombia
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Dominica
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Grenada
Guyana
Guyana
Panama
Panama
Paraguay
Paraguay
Peru
Peru
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Uruguay
Uruguay
More Publications
Publications
Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing
March, 2019
Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing
Comparative Analysis of Typologies and Patterns of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing in Three Free Trade Zones in Latin America (2018).
February, 2024
One Pager Program of Legislative Assistance and Financing of Terrorism
One Pager Program of Legislative Assistance and Financing of Terrorism
Team
Fernanda Sarmiento
Program Manager
Strategic Partners