Financial Intelligence Unit and law enforcement agencies in Tajikistan improve their strategic analysis skills

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.

Business integrity and compliance

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.

Anti-corruption, anti-money laundering and asset recovery systems

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.

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Back Financial Intelligence Unit and law enforcement agencies in Tajikistan improve their strategic analysis skills

A training session on Strategic Analysis, held from 27 to 31 March 2023, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, welcomed 26 participants from the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Ministry of Interior, the State Committee on National Security, the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption, and Drug Control Agency of the Republic of Tajikistan. It increased the participants’ capacities in planning and conducting quality risk analysis.

The training focused on improving their knowledge of the methodological approach for the intelligence cycle and various stages of conducting strategic analysis (collection, collation, evaluation, reporting, and disseminating), developing their skills in conducting strategic analysis through dynamic and interactive case studies. It also shared best international practices on conducting strategic analysis and current trends as well as typologies in this area.

To be in compliance with the FATF effectiveness standards, the FIU requested the Council of Europe’assistance through the Central Asia Rule of Law Programme. The objective was to strengthen the national AML/CFT/PF framework by conducting strategic analysis training and developing guidelines on undertaking strategic analysis.

In that respect, a Technical Paper (Guidelines on Strategic Analysis), prepared and adapted to the context of Tajikistan by the Council of Europe experts, was translated into Russian and presented and discussed with the representatives of the FIU in a meeting on 27 March 2023 in Dushanbe Tajikistan.

More information on the ECCD webpage: Financial Intelligence Unit and law enforcement agencies in Tajikistan improve their strategic analysis skills - Economic Crime and Cooperation Division

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, 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).

DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN 27-31 MARCH 2023