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Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Regional Workshop: Developing Research on Financial Crime in South East Europe (SEE)
Sofia, Bulgaria
On March 21, 2007 the PFS Program and USAID Bulgaria organized a Regional Workshop: Developing Research on Financial Crime in South East Europe (SEE). The purpose of the event was to brainstorm with a wide range of stakeholder institutions in order to promote the development of research on financial crime in SEE.
During the workshop, participants were introduced to new research techniques presented by representatives of the UK consultancy Financial Markets Law International (FMLI), thereby creating awareness about the impact of financial crime and money laundering on SEE economies. In a final session, the group discussed what kind of innovate and useful research could be conducted in Bulgaria
Workshop participants included the following: 11 representatives of Bulgarian financial sector regulatory authorities and research institutes; the two co-authors of a recent report on money laundering and predicate crime in Serbia; representatives of the Embassy of the Netherlands; and representatives of USAID Bulgaria, the USAID Financial Sector Integrity Project and the Office of Technical Assistance, US Department of the Treasury.
To download the agenda, Workshop materials and list of participants, please click on the links below:
Thursday, May 25, 2006 - Friday, May 26, 2006
Regional Workshop on Prevention of Money Laundering
Belgrade, Serbia
On May 25-26, 2006 the PFS Program, in cooperation with the Financial Intelligence Unit, Ministry of Finance, Republic of Serbia, conducted a Regional Workshop on Prevention of Money Laundering. This was the eighth in a series of case-study based regional workshops organized by the PFS Program and partner organizations that bring together law enforcement experts from across new and old member states of the European Union (EU), other countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), South East Europe (SEE) and the US.
The participant breakdown was as follows: Montenegro – two judges and two representatives of the Administration for the Prevention of Money Laundering; and Serbia – 11 representatives of the Financial Intelligence Unit; two representatives of district courts; four representatives of district prosecutor’s offices; two representatives of the special prosecutor’s office for organized crime; and one representative of the tax police. In addition, staff of USAID and the US Department of Treasury participated in the Regional Workshop.
Speakers included the following: Estonia – one analyst of the Financial Intelligence Unit and one judge; Poland – one judge and one prosecutor; United Kingdom – one barrister; and the United States – the assistant attorney general of the state of Illinois.
On the first day of the Regional Workshop, each of the above-mentioned experts from Estonia, Poland, the UK and the US presented a real case study of a money laundering investigation/prosecution from his/her respective jurisdiction. Following each presentation, participants engaged the speaker in an interactive discussion about the case. On the second day, participants presented and debated case studies presented by participants from Montenegro, Poland and Serbia.
The Regional Workshop succeeded in achieving its aims and the overall goal of this ongoing PFS Program regional initiative, namely:
1. To provide a venue for representatives of various institutions from several countries to discuss real case studies from several jurisdictions;
2. To brainstorm and share experiences in order to develop the most effective strategies to be applied in the respective jurisdiction;
3. To promote in each jurisdiction the implementation of best practice and international standards in combating money laundering; and
4. To establish and strengthen inter-agency relationships on a national level as well as regionally and globally.
To download the agenda, presentations, speaker CVs and list of participants, please click on the links below:
Thursday, September 29, 2005 - Friday, September 30, 2005
Regional Workshop on Prevention of Money Laundering
Kiev, Ukraine
On September 29-30, 2005 the PFS Program, in cooperation with the State Committee for Financial Monitoring of Ukraine conducted a Regional Workshop on Prevention of Money Laundering. This was the seventh in a series of case-study based regional workshops organized by the PFS Program and partner organizations that bring together law enforcement experts from across new and old member states of the European Union (EU), other countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the US.
The participant breakdown was as follows: Lithuania – one representative of the Financial Crimes Investigation Service of Lithuania; and Ukraine – 26 representatives of the State Committee for Financial Monitoring, including the heads of seven regional subdivisions, and 18 representatives of other Ukrainian institutions, including the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Ministry of the Interior, Security Service, State Tax Administration, the Supreme Court of Ukraine and two academic institutions that teach criminal law. Speakers included the following: Estonia – one analyst of the Financial Intelligence Unit and one prosecutor; Poland – one judge and one prosecutor; United Kingdom – one barrister and one forensic science/fraud investigator (former policeman); and the United States – the assistant attorney general of the state of Illinois.
On the first day of the Regional Workshop, each of the above-mentioned experts from Estonia, Poland, the UK and the US presented a real case study of a money laundering investigation/prosecution from his/her respective jurisdiction. On the second day, participants presented and debated case studies presented by participants from Lithuania and Ukraine.
The Regional Workshop was conducted in response to a request from the State Committee for Financial Monitoring of Ukraine. In June 2004, three representatives of the State Committee for Financial Monitoring of Ukraine participated in the Regional Workshop on Prevention of Money Laundering organized in Tallinn, Estonia by the PFS Program and the Financial Intelligence Unit of Estonia. As a follow-up to their participation in that event, the PFS Program’s fifth Regional Workshop on Prevention of Money Laundering, the State Committee for Financial Monitoring of Ukraine requested that a future Regional Workshop be organized in Ukraine.
The Regional Workshop succeeded in achieving its aims and the overall goal of this ongoing PFS Program regional initiative, namely:
1. To provide a venue for representatives of various institutions from several countries to discuss real case studies from several jurisdictions;
2. To brainstorm and share experiences in order to develop the most effective strategies to be applied in the respective jurisdiction;
3. To promote in each jurisdiction the implementation of best practice and international standards in combating money laundering; and
4. To establish and strengthen inter-agency relationships on a national level as well as regionally and globally.
To download the agenda, presentations, speaker CVs and list of participants, please click on the links below:
Monday, March 7, 2005 - Tuesday, March 8, 2005
Regional Workshop on Prevention of Money Laundering
Riga, Latvia
On March 7-8, 2005 the PFS Program conducted a Regional Workshop on Prevention of Money Laundering in Riga, Latvia. This was the sixth in a series of case-study based regional workshops organized by the PFS Program that bring together law enforcement experts from across new and old member states of the European Union (EU) and the US.
The participant breakdown was as follows: Estonia – one judge and one prosecutor; Latvia – eight judges; Poland – two judges and one prosecutor; UK - one barrister; Ukraine – two judges; and US – one judge and two prosecutors.
On the first day of the workshop, specialists from Estonia, Poland the UK and the US presented case studies demonstrating a range of issues and experiences in combating money laundering. On the second day, participants debated case studies presented by participants from Poland and Ukraine. This in-depth discussion of real life situations from the two jurisdictions, complemented by insights offered by Estonian, Polish, UK and US practitioners, proved to be an extremely fruitful exercise, enabling the exchange of lessons learned and identification of best practices.
To download the agenda, presentations, speaker CVs and list of participants, please click on the links below:
Friday, June 25, 2004
Financial Intelligence Units Online – Inaugural Survey of Websites of 40 Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs)
This inaugural survey - sponsored by the Partners for Financial Stability (PFS) Program, and designed and conducted in April-June 2004 by Digital Strategies Group, Inc. – covers the Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) in all 30 OECD countries, eight non-OECD European countries and two non-OECD Asian countries. The key objectives are to: (i) compile and publicize statistics on what basic information is available; (ii) identify and discuss best practices; and (iii) highlight noteworthy features and methods used to address money laundering and financial crime.
The survey demonstrates that not all of the FIUs surveyed use the Internet as a technology to communicate with the public-at-large. 80% of the FIUs surveyed have a website in their native language. Only 18 FIUs in countries where English is not the official language provide an English-language version of their website; this does not include six countries where English is the official language. Nevertheless, some of the websites surveyed offer excellent resources that educate the public about the importance of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) efforts, both nationally and internationally.
Structured as a "Six-Step Tour of Financial Intelligence Units Online," the survey compares the basic features of the English-language versions of the websites in areas such as availability of online forms and guidance with STRs (Suspicious Transaction Reporting), legal and regulatory overviews and AML education. In each area, innovations and best practice examples were noted. Among other conclusions, the survey finds that of all English-language versions of the websites surveyed:
- 88% have a separate section presenting an institutional overview;
- 71% have a legal overview section;
- 63% provide offsite links to other AML related sources;
- 63% use the Internet to provide AML education and feedback to the global business, financial and legal communities;
- 46% provide information on terrorist financing;
- 46% provide online news and press releases;
- 42% provide some assistance in the STR reporting area; and
- 13% offer email subscriptions/alerts.
The results of this groundbreaking publicly-available survey, including discussion of innovative features and best practice examples, were first presented on June 10, 2004 at a Regional Workshop on Prevention of Money Laundering organized by the PFS Program, the Estonian Central Criminal Police (FIU) and the Estonian Police Board. The seminar took place on June 10-11, 2004 in Tallinn, Estonia. 44 participants (including attorneys, FIU staff, judges, policemen/women and prosecutors) representing a number of law enforcement institutions from Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, the UK, Ukraine and the US attended.
To download the survey, please click on the link below:
Thursday, June 10, 2004 - Friday, June 11, 2004
Regional Workshop on Prevention of Money Laundering
Tallinn, Estonia
On June 10-11, 2004 the PFS Program, in cooperation with the Central Criminal Police (Financial Intelligence Unit) and the Estonian Police Board, conducted a Regional Workshop on Prevention of Money Laundering. This was the fifth in a series of case-study based regional workshops organized by the PFS Program that bring together law enforcement experts from across new and old member states of the European Union (EU) and the US.
The participant breakdown was as follows: Estonia – two judges, 17 policemen/women from the Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit and the Estonian Police Board, five prosecutors, a financial auditor of the Estonian Financial Supervision Authority and an investigator of the Tax and Customs Board; Germany – one certified fraud manager (a former judge and prosecutor); Latvia – two transactions analysts of the Latvian Office for the Prevention of Laundering of Proceeds of Derived from Criminal Activity; Lithuania – one inspector and one investigator of the Lithuanian Financial Crimes Investigation Service, two judicial assistants of the Supreme Court of Lithuania and two prosecutors; Poland – one judge and three prosecutors; Slovenia - the Director of the Slovene Office for Money Laundering Prevention; UK - one barrister; and Ukraine – the Deputy Head and two staff members of the analytical subdivision of the State Department for Financial Monitoring.
On the first day of the workshop, specialists from Estonia, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, and the UK presented case studies demonstrating a range of issues and experiences in combating money laundering. On the second day, participants debated case studies presented by participants from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. This in-depth discussion of real life situations from the four jurisdictions, complemented by insights offered by German, Slovene and UK practitioners, proved to be an extremely fruitful exercise, enabling the exchange of lessons learned and identification of best practices.
To download the agenda, presentations, speaker CVs and list of participants, please click on the links below:
Thursday, February 26, 2004 - Friday, February 27, 2004
Regional Workshop on Prevention of Money Laundering
Vilnius, Lithuania
On February 26-27, 2004 the PFS Program, in cooperation with the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Lithuania and the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania conducted a Regional Workshop on Prevention of Money Laundering. This was the fourth in a series of case-study based regional workshops organized by the PFS Program that bring together law enforcement experts from the new member states of the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom (UK) and the US.
The participant breakdown was as follows: Estonia – the Chief Superintendent and the Detective Chief Inspector of the Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) as well as two prosecutors; Latvia – the Deputy Director and a transactions analyst of the Latvian Office for the Prevention of Laundering of Proceeds of Derived from Criminal Activity; Lithuania - six representatives of the Lithuanian Financial Crimes Investigation Service, two judges, nine prosecutors and the Deputy Director of the International Law Department, Ministry of Justice; Poland - four prosecutors; Slovenia - the Director of the Slovene Office for Money Laundering Prevention; UK - one barrister; and US - one prosecutor and one Regional Advisor of the US Treasury, also a former prosecutor.
On the first day of the workshop, specialists from Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, the UK and the US presented case studies demonstrating a range of issues and experiences in combating money laundering. On the second day, participants debated case studies presented by staff of the FIUs, judges and prosecutors from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. This in-depth discussion of real life situations from the four jurisdictions, complemented by insights offered by Slovene, UK and US practitioners, proved to be an extremely fruitful exercise, enabling the exchange of lessons learned and identification of best practices.
To download the agenda, presentations, speaker CVs and list of participants, please click on the links below:
Thursday, October 16, 2003 - Friday, October 17, 2003
Regional Workshop on Prevention of Money Laundering
Krakow, Poland
On October 16-17, 2003 the PFS Program, in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice of Poland conducted a Regional Workshop on Prevention of Money Laundering. The participant breakdown was as follows: Poland (17 prosecutors; two representatives of the Department of Financial Information, Ministry of Finance; and one representative of the Department of Judicial Assistance and European Law, Ministry of Justice); Slovak Republic (one judge and one prosecutor); Slovenia (the Director of the Slovene Office for Money Laundering Prevention); UK (one barrister); Ukraine (three prosecutors and one police officer/instructor from the National University of Internal Affairs); and US (one judge and one regional advisor of the US Treasury, also a former prosecutor). On the first day of the workshop, specialists from Poland, Slovenia, the UK and the US presented case studies demonstrating a range of issues and experiences in combating money laundering. On the second day, participants debated case studies presented by judges and prosecutors from Poland, Slovak Republic and Ukraine. This in-depth discussion of real life situations from the three jurisdictions, complemented by insights offered by Slovene, UK and US practitioners, proved to be an extremely fruitful exercise, enabling the exchange of lessons learned and identification of best practices.
To download the agenda, presentations, speaker CVs and list of participants, please click on the links below:
Thursday, May 22, 2003 - Friday, May 23, 2003
Regional Workshop on Prevention of Money Laundering
Gdansk, Poland
On May 22-23, 2003 the PFS Program, in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice of Poland, conducted a Regional Workshop on Prevention of Money Laundering. The participant breakdown was as follows: Estonia (one prosecutor); Latvia (three prosecutors); Lithuania (one judge and two prosecutors): Poland (one judge, 30 prosecutors and one representative of the Department of Judicial Assistance and European Law, Ministry of Justice); Russia (two prosecutors); Slovenia (the Director of the Slovene Office for Money Laundering Prevention); UK (two barristers, one a former prosecutor) and US (one judge). On the first day, specialists from Poland, Slovenia, the UK and the US presented case studies demonstrating a range of issues and experiences in combating money laundering. On the second day, participants debated case studies presented by prosecutors from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. This in-depth discussion of real life situations from the four jurisdictions, complemented by insights offered by UK and US practitioners, proved to be an extremely fruitful exercise, enabling the exchange of lessons learned and identification of best practices.
To download the agenda, presentations, speaker CVs and list of participants, please click on the links below:
Saturday, January 25, 2003 - Saturday, February 1, 2003
Study Tour of Baltic Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) to the United States
Washington, DC and New York, NY
The PFS Program organized a study tour on prevention of money laundering for the Money Laundering Information Bureau of Estonia, the Financial Intelligence Unit of Latvia and the Financial Crime Investigation Service of Lithuania.
The study tour visited the following institutions (in alphabetical order) in New York and Washington, DC: East-West Management Institute; FinCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network), United States Department of the Treasury; Global Anti-Money Laundering Services, Deloitte Touche Tomatsu; New York County District Attorney’s Office; Office of International Affairs, US Securities and Exchange Commission; Office of Market Transition Europe & Eurasia Bureau, USAID (United States Agency for International Development); Patton Boggs LLP; Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC), American University.
Wednesday, October 30, 2002
Regional Seminar: US and Foreign Banks' Compliance with the USA Patriot Act
Riga, Latvia
On October 30, 2002 the PFS Program, in cooperation with the Association of Latvian Commercial Banks, conducted a seminar on compliance with the USA Patriot Act. 72 participants from Latvia, 10 from Estonia and 10 from Lithuania attended the seminar. Prevention of money laundering specialists from the UK and the US shared with the audience their expertise and the experiences of UK and US banks in complying with this act and other prevention of money laundering legislation.
To download the agenda, presentations and list of participants, please click on the links below. For general information on money laundering and links to dedicated websites and documents, please read the updated paper on Prevention of Money Laundering of Dr. Peter Mihalyi, Director of Banking Programs, East-West Management Institute.
Thursday, September 26, 2002 - Friday, September 27, 2002
Regional Workshop on Prevention of Money Laundering and Seizure/Confiscation of Assets
Portoroz, Slovenia
On September 26-27, 2002 the PFS Program, in cooperation with the Office for Money Laundering Prevention of the Republic of Slovenia, the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Slovenia, the State Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Slovenia and the Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia conducted a Regional Workshop on Prevention of Money Laundering and Seizure/Confiscation of Assets. The target audience consisted of financial police, judges and prosecutors from three Central European countries. Six participants from Hungary, five from Poland and 35 from Slovenia attended the workshop. On the first day, specialists from the UK, the US and Slovenia presented their experiences in combating money laundering. A range of strategies were discussed, among them seizure and confiscation of assets. On the second day, participants debated case studies presented by judges and prosecutors from Hungary, Poland and Slovenia. In-depth discussion of real life situations from the three jurisdictions, complemented by insights offered by UK and US practitioners, proved to be an extremely fruitful exercise, enabling the exchange of lessons learned and identification of best practices.
To download the agenda and presentations, please click on the links below:
 | Agenda - Prevention of Money Laundering Workshop - September 26-27, 2002.rtf - 20 KB |
| Welcome - Zdenka Cerar, General State Prosecutor - September 26, 2002.doc - 28 KB |
| Opening Remarks - Ambassador Young - September 26, 2002.doc - 32 KB |
| Presentation - Office for Money Laundering Prevention of the Republic of Slovenia - September 26, 2002.ppt - 164 KB |
| Presentation - Andreja Lang - Ministry of Justice - September 26, 2002.doc - 29 KB |
| Presentation - Janko Marinko, Secretary General, Supreme Court- September 26, 2002.doc - 46 KB |
| Presentation - PricewaterhouseCoopers - September 26, 2002.ppt - 1,269 KB |
| Roger Stanley - CV.doc - 21 KB |
| Presentation - Furnival Chambers - September 26, 2002.ppt - 412 KB |
| Christopher Convey - CV.doc - 20 KB |
| Outline - Richard T. Preiss - September 26, 2002.doc - 62 KB |
| Richard T. Preiss - Financial Privacy Paper 1996.doc - 105 KB |
| Richard T. Preiss - Anonymous Access Paper 1997.doc - 42 KB |
| Richard T. Preiss - CV.doc - 31 KB |
| Outline - Richard N. Seaman - September 26, 2002.doc - 50 KB |
| Richard N. Seaman - CV.doc - 22 KB |
| Presentation - Judge Dennis E. Milton - September 26, 2002.doc - 62 KB |
| Judge Dennis E. Milton - CV.doc - 22 KB |
| John Howell - CV.doc - 22 KB |
| List of Participants - Portoroz, Slovenia - September 26-27, 2002.doc - 34 KB |
Tuesday, June 25, 2002
“Prevention of Money Laundering: A Key Component of the Partners for Financial Stability (PFS) Program”
Budapest, Hungary
Dr. Peter Mihalyi, Director, Banking Programs, PFS Program has updated a background paper on prevention of money laundering entitled, “Prevention of Money Laundering: A Key Component of the Partners for Financial Stability (PFS) Program.” The original version of the paper was presented at the October 30, 2001 Regional Seminar on Prevention of Money Laundering organized by the Association of Latvian Commercial Banks and the PFS Program in Riga, Latvia. The revised paper presents up-to-date information on country specific, regional and international efforts to combat money laundering.
To download the paper, please click on the link below:
Tuesday, October 30, 2001
Prevention of Money Laundering Seminar
Riga, Latvia
On October 30, 2001 the PFS Program, in cooperation with the Association of Latvian Commercial Banks, conducted a seminar on prevention of money laundering for commercial bankers and financial intelligence units from the Baltic Republics. 101 participants from Latvia, 11 from Estonia, 13 from Lithuania and one from Poland attended the seminar. Prevention of money laundering specialists from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Slovenia, South Africa and the UK shared their expertise with the audience.
To download the agenda and presentations, please click on the links below:
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