The Action “Promoting Transparency and Action against Economic Crime” in Central Asia organised a four-day training activity in co-operation with the Training Centre of the State Financial Intelligence Service (SFIS) of the Kyrgyz Republic to improve the capacities of the national authorities to conduct effective trainings on financial investigations to prevent and fight economic crimes.
The activity also addressed the recommendations of the EAG (Eurasian group on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism) 2018 Mutual Evaluation Report on the Kyrgyz Republic related to the effectiveness of the competent authorities on identification, investigation and prosecution of offences related to money laundering.
The training was attended by 22 representatives of the Training Centre, the Ministry of Interior, the General Prosecutor’s Office, the State National Security Committee, and district prosecution offices. The trainees improved their knowledge and skills to plan and conduct effective financial investigations. The activity also helped participants to consider financial investigation as a process and as a multi-stakeholder endeavour requiring co-ordination and cooperation among various agencies. Participants also learnt good practices in managing different phases of the financial investigation process by working on real case scenarios in an interactive learning environment.
This activity was organised by the Action on “Promoting Transparency and Action against Economic Crime” in the framework of the Central Asia Rule of Law Programme 2020-2024, which is a joint initiative co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe. The Action is aimed at strengthening capacities to fight and prevent economic crime in five Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan).
Promoting transparency and action against economic crime
Over the recent years the countries of Central Asia have pursued reforms designed to prevent and punish corrupt practices in order to improve business climate in the region and promote sustainable economic development for the benefit of all. The present Action aims to contribute to improving the conditions for businesses and to enhancing the quality of anti-corruption systems across the region. The Action comprises two components: 1) Business integrity and compliance; 2) Anti-corruption, anti-money laundering and asset recovery systems.
Enhancing transparency, business integrity and the protection of rights of entrepreneurs is one of the priorities of the countries of the Central Asian region. The current Action focuses on establishing mechanisms and enhancing capacities to address extortion and solicitation from businesses, reducing administrative barriers and enhancing compliance across the business sector. On the regional level, the aim of the intervention is to establish effective mechanisms for sharing good practices and to contribute to developing a clearer understanding of the common regional and cross-border corruption risks facing the business sector. On the national level, the Action focuses on the specific priorities of the respective countries in the abovementioned thematic areas and seeks to provide tailor-made assistance to reforms.
Work in this area concentrates on improving mechanisms and capacities of authorities, including law enforcement, to prevent and tackle corruption, money laundering and economic crime as well as on strengthening national systems to combat money laundering and terrorism financing. The regional dimension of the component includes conducting studies on corruption and economic crime focusing on specific regional risks and threats, and regional cascade training programmes for law enforcement personnel and civil service staff. The national dimension focuses on the specific needs and demand, depending on the national contexts and reform processes.
Advanced training to strengthen the capacities of investigators and prosecutors for effective investigations of economic crimes in the Kyrgyz Republic
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