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Tackling drug-related illicit financial flows in South Asia to counter terrorism

This project aims to prevent and counter revenues from drug trafficking to tackle terrorism and related conducts. The initiative seeks to enhance the capacities of finance-mandated criminal justice agencies in targeted countries in South Asia, providing knowledge and skills and fostering regional cooperation and coordination. Project activities include: (1) conducting country-focused analysis and research on Illicit Financial Flows (IFF) and their link to financing of terrorism for each recipient country; (2) hosting a regional roundtable for government stakeholders in the recipient countries to share the information collected in the analyses; (3) delivering 2 training sessions for each country for criminal justice practitioners on IFFs and the link to terrorism financing; and (4) organizing a regional workshop on sharing best practices and lessons learned in the application of knowledge and skills gained through national training sessions.