Terrorist Property Freezing and Forfeiture and Recovery of Environmental Crime Proceeds

Course overview

Two kinds of illicit finance pose special challenges for asset recovery in Africa. Terrorist property must be frozen without delay under targeted financial sanctions and domestic law, often on intelligence that cannot be disclosed. Environmental crimes such as wildlife trafficking, illegal logging, illegal mining and illegal fishing generate large profits that are rarely pursued at all. This terrorist property freezing course equips practitioners to act decisively in both areas.

The first half covers freezing obligations under United Nations Security Council resolutions and national designation regimes, the mechanics of implementing freezes across banks, mobile money providers and registries, humanitarian exemptions, and forfeiture of terrorist property through criminal and civil routes. The second half addresses environmental crime: how proceeds are generated and laundered, the financial investigation of trafficking networks, and the use of confiscation and forfeiture against them. Throughout, participants practise inter-agency coordination, which both areas depend on.

Participants leave able to implement freezing measures promptly and to bring financial recovery tools to bear on environmental crime networks.

What you will be able to do

• Explain freezing obligations under UN Security Council resolutions and national regimes
• Implement and communicate freezing measures across financial institutions and registries
• Apply exemptions, delisting and review procedures correctly
• Use criminal and civil routes to forfeit terrorist property
• Describe how proceeds of environmental crime are generated and laundered
• Plan financial investigations of environmental crime networks
• Coordinate agencies to recover environmental crime proceeds

Who should attend

For practitioners responsible for counter-terrorist financing measures or for investigating environmental and natural resource crime.

• Counter-terrorism investigators
• FIU and sanctions implementation officers
• Prosecutors
• Wildlife and forestry service investigators
• Mining and fisheries enforcement officers
• Bank and mobile money compliance officers
• Asset recovery officers

Course outline

Fees are per participant in US dollars and cover tuition, course materials and your certificate. Travel and accommodation are not included.