A two-day training on “Investigation and Prosecution of Money Laundering Cases” will take place on 16-17 October 2018 in Kakheti, Georgia.

The participants include Georgian law enforcement agencies, the Prosecutor’s Office, State Security Service, Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance, and representatives of the Financial Monitoring Service (Financial Intelligence Unit of Georgia).
This training will provide the participants to learn about international good practices in conducting money laundering investigation and prosecution. It will highlight effective use of undercover operations, financial investigation tools, strategies of obtaining information and its use as direct or indirect evidence. Furthermore an emphasis will be made to the development of interagency and international cooperation in economic and financial crime cases. Attendees will take part in practical exercises requiring them to apply their knowledge in analysing and solving practical exercises of money laundering investigations and prosecution.
The activity is organised within the EU/CoE Partnership for Good Governance Project “Strengthening anti-money laundering institutions in Georgia”, implemented since 2015.