On 27-28 November 2019, the Council of Europe and the State Security Service of Georgia organised training on “Investigation and prosecution of terrorist financing (FT) cases” for representatives of the Georgian competent authorities. Participants of the training included representatives of the State Security Service, Prosecutor’s Office, Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance, Financial Monitoring Service and judges.

During the training, participants discussed existing challenges in handling terrorist financing cases, methods and techniques of efficient investigation and prosecution, importance of inter-agency and transnational cooperation, use of undercover or covert surveillance methods, obtaining and analysing intelligence and producing evidence in court.

The activity was organised within the EU/CoE Partnership for Good Governance Project “Enhancing the systems of prevention and combating corruption, money laundering and terrorist financing in Georgia” (PGG II-Georgia), launched in January 2019.