AML/CFT Workshops for Countries with a forthcoming Assessment under the International Standards for AML/CFT (AMLF)

By Invitation 
Course No.: BT 10.07
Location: Brasilia, Brazil (BTC)
Date: May 03 - May 07 2010 (1 Week)
Language: English
Target Audience:
This intensive and interactive workshop is targeted at financial sector supervisors, financial intelligence unit (FIU) officials, criminal justice officials and officials engaged in AML/CFT legislation and policy making from countries belongingtoFATF-style regional bodies (FSRBs) that will be assessed during the FSRB s current round of mutual evaluations. Recipient countries will be asked to nominate officials from the agencies responsible for the organization of the AML/CFT onsite assessment
Qualifications:
Attendance is by invitation only. Prerequisites are specified in invitation letters.
Course Description:
These one-week workshops, presented by the IMF's Legal Department, aim to enhance and strengthen the recipient countries' capacity to prepare for AML/CFT assessments and carry out measures to ensure an effective and efficient assessment process Participants will gain a better understanding of the requirements for implementing an effective AML/CFT framework focussing on measures to strengthen preventatives measures and the related supervisory framework, the financial intelligence unit, and the investigation and prosecution of ML/TF. The course will focus on developing an understanding of the use of the mutual evaluation process as a means to progress implementation of the AML/CFT framework, together with addressing timelines, processes, practical/logistical issues and the central role of the coordinator in ensuring an effective and efficient evaluation process. A draft plan will be developed for coordinating all relevant agencies in preparing the detailed assessment questionnaire, preparing for the as onsite assessment and the post-assessment discussion of the draft report.