The four-day training aims to raise awareness of the public security threats stemming from TBML, and strengthen the capacities of Grenadian law enforcement and prosecutorial authorities to detect, investigate, and prosecute money laundering through trade more effectively. Twenty law enforcement and criminal justice officials are participating in the workshop which commenced yesterday, September 19th in St. George’s.
The workshop in Grenada is part of the Combatting Trade-Based Money Laundering and Cash Smuggling in Latin America and the Caribbean Project, a CAD$2.7 million Canada-funded initiative implemented by the UNODC Global Programme against Money Laundering.
The project, launched in 2018, reaches 13 beneficiary countries in the Caribbean and Central America, including Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago.
The five-year project is expected to increase the capacity of customs officials and law enforcement agencies to prevent, detect, investigate and contribute to the prosecution of customs/revenue fraud, trade-based money laundering, and money-laundering via free-trade zones across the Caribbean and Latin America.
This week’s in-person workshop builds upon virtual sessions, held by the UNODC and facilitated by CARICOM IMPACS, in January 2021. The initiative reflects Canada and Grenada’s mutual commitment to enhance security and cooperation in the region.
The High Commission of Canada in Barbados