CABEI organizes a workshop on the Italian experience on Anti Money Laundering
Italian experts concluded a two day training in San Salvador directed to judges, police officers and prosecutors, supervisors and representatives of financial intelligence units from the Central American Integration System (SICA)
San Salvador, El Salvador, May 31st 2013.- Italian experts concluded a two day training in San Salvador directed to judges, police officers and prosecutors, supervisors and representatives of financial intelligence units from the Central American Integration System (SICA), on the fighting against money laundering and terrorism financing.
The workshop is part of the activities of the Component II of the SICA-CABEI-ITALY Central American Security Strategy Support Plan, administrated by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI).
The workshop was conducted by Colonel Antonio Graziano, Chief of Operations of the Financial Guard Unit of the "Guardia di Finanza" of Italy and by Dott Maurizio De Lucia, National Prosecutor of the National Anti-Mafia Bureau.
The experience shared by the rapporteurs at the seminar was intended to present the strengths of the Italian system against money laundering and facilitate an opportunity to exchange and learn; at the same time, strengthen the inter-institutional cooperation between the countries of the SICA.
At the same time, the participants from Central America shared their experience in the fight against organized crime, investigation techniques applied to gangs and to money laundering.
Colonel Antonio Graziano said that "there isn't a commitment to adopt the Italian model against the flow of illicit money generated by organized crime, however we want to give our perspective to the problem, contribute to its outreach and to an open and direct discussion at this level, which means facilitating an exchange to increment knowledge among colleagues and experts on the subject in the region."
In addition, the event coordinator, Davide Invernizzi, valued "making joint efforts with representatives and officials that have participated proactively in the development of the Component II of the SICA-CABEI-ITALY, specifically in the activities of the countries' diagnostic reports, and in the training modules of the Regional Training Plan that took place in all of the eight countries of SICA".
The event was dedicated, due to its unconditional support and participation in the activities of the Component II of the SICA-CABEI-ITALY, to the memory of the attorney Orlan Chavez, Coordinator Prosecutor of the Unit against Money Laundering of Honduras, victim of a despicable murder on April 18th in Honduras.
