Newsroom AEC-Regional Phase 2
Civil society actors and public authorities discuss roles and collaboration against economic crime
Representatives of national authorities involved in the prevention of corruption, money laundering and terrorism financing, and of civil society organisations (CSOs) of the countries of the Eastern Partnership, the Western Balkans and Türkiye, were brought together in an intra-regional workshop...
Regional workshop on detecting and disrupting terrorist financing operations resorting to Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs)
On 19 December 2022, the Council of Europe Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) convened an online workshop on detecting and investigating the abuse of Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs) for terrorist financing purposes for over 25officials from relevant Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA),...
Turkish financial intelligence and supervisory authorities participate in training sessions on targeted financial sanctions
Financial intelligence officials and representatives of the supervisory authorities of Türkiye came together at two trainings on implementation of targeted financial investigations. The trainings aimed at enhancing understanding over the measures to improve effectiveness and technical compliance...
Turkish law enforcement and financial intelligence officials discuss asset recovery and terrorist financing
Over fifty Turkish law enforcement and financial intelligence officials took part in a workshop on asset recovery on 21-22 November 2022, in Ankara. The workshop addressed several issues around the recovery of illicit assets but also the terrorist financing. On asset recovery topic, the...
Turkish law enforcement agencies and financial intelligence officials participate in financial investigations trainings
Ninety Turkish law enforcement and financial intelligence officials attended two trainings on ‘Financial Investigations related to Money Laundering and Terrorism Cases’ from 25 to 27 October 2022, in Ankara. The representatives of the General Directorate of Security, Coast Guard Command,...
Civil society organisations and public officials discuss the results of a regional risk assessment and the management of risks of terrorist financing using the non-profit-organisations sector
In an on-line conference on 21-23 June 2022, public officials from the beneficiary jurisdictions and non-profit-organisations (NPO) came together to discuss how best to manage the risks of terrorist financing (TF) through the NPO sector in a way that is effective and remains mindful of the work...
Regional workshop on managing corruption risks in public procurement and contract execution
On 15-17 December 2021, the Council of Europe Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) organised an online workshop for officials from relevant procurement institutions in Western Balkans and Turkey on managing corruption risks in public procurement and contract execution. As a follow-up to...
Liability of Legal Entities for Corruption and Money Laundering Offences: Improved understanding of the available tools and practices by officials in the Western Balkans and Turkey
On 3-4 November 2021, over 60 representatives of the law enforcement, the prosecutors’ offices, members of the judiciary, as well as policymakers from the six beneficiaries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey) participated in an online...
Supporting member States in Advancing Beneficial Ownership Transparency
The international agenda on transparency of beneficial ownership (BO) has gained significant momentum in the past decade. The 2012 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations 24 and 25 provided important guidance and were complemented by continuous effort in the framework of the Global...
Regional risk assessment for identifying terrorist financing risks within the non-profit organisations in Western Balkans and Turkey
In the framework of the Regional Action against Economic Crime in Western Balkans and Turkey (CoE/EU Horizontal Facility for Western Balkans and Turkey - Phase II), the Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) is currently undertaking a regional risk assessment for identifying terrorist...
COVID-19 pandemic: GRECO warns about corruption risks
The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) has published guidelines addressed to its 50 member states aimed at preventing corruption in the context of the health emergency caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The guidelines, issued by GRECO’s president, Marin Mrčela, underline...