The Global Center, in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations, convened a group of experts to discuss the development and implementation of effective and targeted countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) measures in accordance with human rights and financial inclusion principles and inform ongoing discussions...
Against the backdrop of heightened international and domestic concerns over the vulnerability of Kenyan youth to violent extremism, this policy brief focuses on the hardships and priorities of youth in Kenya through the voices of young people themselves. Drawing on a series of focus group discussions conducted by the Kenya...
The Global Center is continuing its partnership with financial intelligence units in the Greater Horn of Africa to combat terrorism financing and illicit financial flows, including Djibouti, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. With support from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Counterterrorism and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Global...
The permanent missions of Australia, France, Indonesia, Peru, and Tunisia co-hosted an arria formula meeting on preventing and countering the financing of terrorism, a core focus of the Global Center. Remarks by Executive Director Eelco Kessels focused on the importance of promoting risk-based and human rights-centric anti-money laundering and countering...
In 2018, the Global Center marked its sixth year of partnership with the Ethiopian Financial Intelligence Center (EFIC), Federal Attorney General (AG), and other stakeholders under two phases of technical assistance programming supported by the government of Denmark. Ethiopia has made substantive progress in strengthening its AML/CFT regime and has...
The Global Center and the financial intelligence unit (FIU) of Djibouti held a workshop on countering illicit financial flows. Magistrates as well as representatives of the police, gendarmerie, customs, and the office of the State Prosecutor participated. The workshop provided a timely opportunity for government actors with anti-money laundering and...
This brief examines where and how anti–money laundering (AML) frameworks are fit for purpose relative to countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) and considers where additional CFT-specific efforts are necessary. There is a convergence between the types of information and stakeholders relevant to money laundering and terrorism financing, and after...
This report provides good practices for the design and implementation of effective capacity development programs on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). It provides an overview of the current AML/CFT landscape, its implications for capacity development programming, and good practices for designing, implementing, and evaluating AML/CFT programs....
The Federal Attorney General of Ethiopia has published a training and implementation manual on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism investigations and prosecutions. The manual reflects an ongoing commitment on the part of Ethiopia to strengthen its ability to identify and combat financial crimes. It was developed with...
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