Specialized Training in the Prevention and Fight against Terrorism and its Financing: Legal Framework and International Cooperation Instruments

The Terrorism Prevention Branch of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (TPB/UNODC) and the CICTE Secretariat co-organized, in conjunction with the Government of the Republic of Chile, a “Specialized Training in the Prevention and Fight against Terrorism and its Financing: Legal Framework and International Cooperation Instruments”, held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Santiago, Chile, from June 11-14, 2007. The main aim of this workshop was to strengthen, from a legal perspective, Chile’s national capabilities in combating terrorism and its financing. The course drew on the expertise of international experts from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Spain, and the United States. The audience was composed of prosecutors, judges, police officers, and officials from the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Justice, the Banking national monitoring body, intelligence agencies, immigration and customs agencies, and other law enforcement related bodies of the Government of Chile. In addition to promoting an exchange of experiences, the training addressed issues such as the implementation of the universal legal instruments against terrorism, the Inter-American Convention against Terrorism, the financing of terrorism, and international cooperation on these matters.  In addition, it dealt with transnational organized crime and related legal instruments. The Vice Ministers of Foreign Relations and Homeland Security of Chile opened the course.