On 6-7 July, the Economic Crime and Cooperation Division organized an online event on the “International Cooperation in the Field of Recovery of Proceeds of Crime” for the representatives of the Supreme Court, Ministry of Internal Affairs, General Prosecutor’s Office, State Committee on National Security, State Financial Intelligence Service, as well as the Center for Professional Training of Prosecutors and Investigators of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan.

The event was organized with the aim of providing Kyrgyzstan with technical assistance to strengthen the country’s asset recovery system. The webinar was the first in the series of events planned to take place in July 2022 on the subject of recovery of proceeds of crime and management of seized and confiscated assets.

Around 40 participants, guided by two international experts, discussed information sharing and cooperation at the national and international levels, studied the instruments and channels for the international exchange of information, as well as looked into the principles of dual criminality and asset seizure and confiscation.

The next online event will be organized on July 13-15 with the aim of studying various aspects of management of seized and confiscated assets.

The webinar was organized within the framework of the “Promoting Transparency and Action Against Economic Crime in Kyrgyzstan” project, which is implemented as part of the “Central Asia Rule of Law Programme 2020-2023”, a joint initiative co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe.