The Action “Promoting Transparency and Action against Economic Crime” in Central Asia organised a four-day training activity in cooperation with the Training Centre of the State Financial Intelligence Service (SFIS) of the Kyrgyz Republic to support the training capacities of the relevant competent authorities to conduct effective training activities on financial investigations to prevent and fight economic crimes. 

The training activity also addressed the recommendations of the EAG’s (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 activity 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, who improved their knowledge and skills to plan and conduct effective financial investigations. The activity also helped them to consider financial investigation as a process, and as a multi-stakeholder endeavour requiring coordination and cooperation among various agencies. Participants also learned the 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 2020-2023, 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).