OSCE and UNODC train the trainers in countering terrorist financing in Tajikistan

Strengthening the capacity of government officials from Tajikistan to counter terrorist financing was the aim of a two-day train-the-trainers course organized by the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime's Global Programme against Money Laundering, on 29 and 30 March 2018 in Vienna.

The course, which  took  place at the OSCE Secretariat, was led by international experts and included sessions on the terrorist finance funding cycle, foreign terrorist fighters, public-private sector co-operation, information collection and strategic analysis. The training focused on localized scenarios based on real-life cases.

Together with the OSCE and UNODC international experts, five national trainers who participated in the train-the-trainer course will deliver training courses for government officials upon their return to Tajikistan.

“During this working meeting, we discussed practical steps to increase the effectiveness of how we combat terrorist financing and how we work together across the different competent authorities,” said the Head of the Tajik delegation attending the training course.

This course is part of a comprehensive capacity-building programme to assist in the effective implementation of the relevant UN Security Council Resolutions and OSCE commitments in Central Asia.