The EU Global Facility, represented by Senior Expert on Justice, Victoria Palau, conducted a scoping mission to Uruguay, which followed the request for technical assistance formulated by the Latin American country.
The aim of this visit, which consisted in a number of thematic meetings with local authorities and relevant entities, was to develop a plan of action to support the establishment of the first specialised prosecution on AML/CFT which will be in force in 2023. This request is related to FATF IO 7.
More specifically, meetings were held with:
- – The National Coordination on AML/CFT (SENACLAFT), which will also provide technical assistance to the new prosecution on AML/CFT.
- – The General Prosecution Office and the judiciary
- – The Uruguayan Police
- – The FIU.
All these stakeholders cover the penal chain and are involved in having an increase of ML/TF cases being investigated, prosecuted and sentenced.
This mission was then followed by the EU Global Facility’s participation in the GAFILAT’s Plenary and the Working Group on Training and Development.
This project is funded by the European Union.