On April 9th and 10th, the Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice, the EU Global Facility on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing (AML/CFT), the GAFILAT Secretariat and the Escola Superior do Ministério Público of Brazil organized the international seminar “Prevention of money laundering, terrorist financing and asset confiscation – experiences from Latin America and the European Union” in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The activity aimed to present and discuss innovations concerning the prevention of money laundering and facilitating asset recovery. Notably, the publication on “Legal Approaches and Evidentiary Challenges in Money Laundering Prosecutions and Confiscation proceedings” that was prepared by the High-Level Experts’ Working Group created by the Joint Project of the EU AML/CFT Global Facility and the Siracusa International Institute was presented during the Conference.
The Conference also examined how to turn intelligence into evidence, reviews the existing tools, mechanisms and dynamics of international co-operation in financial investigations and discussed the best practices in the confiscation of proceeds of crime in Latin America and the Caribbean.
