A two-day national training event titled “Financial investigations, identification and confiscation of assets in offshore accounts” was organised by the Council of Europe, in cooperation with the Bulgarian Commission for Illegal Asset Forfeiture (CIAF) and the European Economic Area (EEA) and Norway Grants, in Sofia, Bulgaria from 29 to 30 September 2016.

The training brought together practitioners from the Commission for Illegal Asset Forfeiture, the Bulgarian FIU, Prosecutors and the Ministry of interior. Participants were able to develop their understanding of examining and regulating assets in offshore accounts by partaking in interactive exercises organised by the Council of Europe’s experts. Presentations on the relationship between intelligence development and MLA relating to offshore investigations were followed by exercises encouraging participants to analyse documentary financial intelligence to identify offshore structures, map out typologies and solve cases.