Arvinder Sambei and Martin Polaine contributed to the CoE Training materials (for the CoE Partnership for Good Governance) to include the practice and procedure in Georgia for AML/CFT investigations and prosecutions. The chapter addressed:
- Relationship between Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing;
- Terrorism Financing: Typologies to raise and move funds;
- International initiatives to address terrorism financing (including Georgia’s legal framework to address terrorism financing);
- The Role and importance of Intelligence to AML/CFT Investigations and Prosecutions;
- Financial Intelligence and Investigations;
- Proactive & Reactive Investigations;
- Special Investigative Means and Human Rights considerations;
- Evaluating Evidence including the reliance on indirect/circumstantial evidence in AML/CFT cases;
- Freezing & Confiscation in AML/CFT cases;
- International Co-operation.
This was followed by a 2 day practical training workshop for key stakeholders engaged in addressing AML/CFT in Georgia, which was delivered by Arvinder Sambei.
Futher detail on Council of Europe press release.