Albania Boosts Fight Against Terrorist Financing with OSCE-UNODC Training Course

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Albania has concluded a three-day training course on targeted financial sanctions against individuals and entities linked to terrorist groups. The programme, jointly organized by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), aimed to enhance Albania’s ability to designate and impose sanctions effectively.

Participants

Twenty-two participants from various Albanian agencies took part in the training course held in Durres, Albania. The participating agencies included:

General Directorate for the Prevention of Money Laundering
State Intelligence Service
Albanian State Police
Special Prosecution Office

Programme Objectives

The programme aimed to:

Enhance Albania’s ability to designate and impose sanctions effectively
Support Albania’s compliance with UN Security Council Resolutions, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards, and OSCE commitments

Training Components

The training course covered the following topics:

Sanction regimes established by UN Security Council Resolutions 1267 and 1988
Related procedures
Practical exercises to apply sanctions effectively through inter-agency cooperation
Online intervention by the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and the Taliban

Progressive Training Programme

The training course was the final component of a progressive training programme on countering the financing of terrorism implemented by OSCE and UNODC in Albania since 2018.

Additional Support

The OSCE Presence in Albania provided additional support for the training course, which was financially backed by the United States.