Money Laundering Investigation Training in Tbilisi, Georgia

The Council of Europe, in collaboration with the Office of the Prosecutor General of Georgia, recently organized a three-day specialized training session in Tbilisi on “Effective Parallel Financial Investigation.”

Topics Covered in the Training

The training session focused on the following topics:

• Anti-Money Laundering/Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) trends and Georgian legislation
• Effective strategies for investigating money laundering and other economic crimes
• Utilization of financial investigation tools for financial investigators
• International developments in the field of financial investigations
• The Georgian legal framework for investigating and prosecuting economic crimes
• Significance of international cooperation in financial investigations
• Strategies for seizing and recovering proceeds from economic crime instances

Participants and Agenda

The training gathered around twenty-five investigators and prosecutors from various key Georgian agencies, such as:

1. Ministry of Finance’s Investigation Service
2. State Security Service
3. Prosecutor’s Office

The agenda of the training covered topics such as evidence collection, special investigative measures, and intelligence development in financial investigations. Illustrative international case studies were also presented to help participants understand the practical application of these concepts.

Funding and Project Context

This training opportunity was funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe under their joint programme “Partnership for Good Governance.” It falls under the broader project “Consolidating and Enhancing the Institutional and Operational Frameworks for the Prevention and Combatting of Corruption, Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in Georgia.”

The overarching goal of this project is to strengthen Georgia’s efforts to combat financial crimes.