The Action on “Promoting Transparency and Action against Economic Crime” in Central Asia (CA TAEC) supported the national competent institutions of Uzbekistan to improve their capacities in conducting financial investigations to combat economic crimes by organising a training activity in Tashkent on 3-4 April 2023.
During the two-day event, 32 investigators, prosecutors, and judges from the General Prosecutor’s Office (GPO), Financial Intelligence Unit under the GPO, Law Enforcement Academy, Ministry of Interior, State Customs Committee, and the Supreme Court learned the best practices and standards in other countries in planning financial investigations, data collection and analysis processes working on practical exercises for clarifying investigation tools and measures. The participants also used the opportunity to discuss with Council of Europe experts the challenges during interagency cooperation, the impact and importance of financial investigations and possible solutions to improve the current practices in information sharing between the Financial Intelligence Unit and law enforcement authorities.
The Project team had also bilateral meetings on 5 April 2023 with the representatives of the General Prosecutor’s Office (GPO), the Law Enforcement Academy, Anti-Corruption Agency, Financial Intelligence Unit, and the Business Ombudsman for better coordination of the project workplan in the remaining implementation period.
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 2020-2023, 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.
Strengthening the capacities of investigators and prosecutors on financial investigations of economic crimes in Uzbekistan
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