Council of Europe and European Union, in cooperation with the Chief Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia, organises a two-day training on “Investigation and prosecution of money laundering offences and seizure of proceeds of crime”. The participants represent the Chief Prosecutor’s Office, State Security Service, Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance and Financial Monitoring Service.

The activity aims to increase the capacity of law enforcement agencies and prosecutors to detect, investigate and prosecute money laundering/terrorist financing offences and to discuss effective mechanisms for confiscation of proceeds of crime.  On a practical level, the participants have the opportunity to enhance their knowledge through discussion of case studies and working on specific exercises developed by Council of Europe expert, based on the Georgian legal framework.

The training is part of the Council of Europe’ technical assistance to Georgia and is organised within the   the framework of the Council of Europe and the European Union Partnership for Good Governance Project “Combating money laundering and terrorist financing in Georgia”.