Organisation of American States
Program of Legislative Assistance and Financing of Terrorism
The Legislative Assistance and Combating Terrorist Financing Program provides technical assistance to OAS member states to develop and approve the necessary legislation to effectively counter terrorism and its financing, in accordance with the universal legal instruments against terrorism, especially the United Nations Convention against the Financing of Terrorism, the Resolutions of the UN Security Council, the Inter-American Convention against Terrorism, and the Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on money laundering and financing of terrorism (ML / FT).
Activities of the Program of Legislative Assistance and Financing of Terrorism
This program covers three main groups of activities:
- Legislative technical assistance missions.
- Specialized technical training for members of the Financial Intelligence Units, prosecutors, judges and law enforcement officers in the field of ML / FT.
- National, regional or subregional activities, such as workshops and training courses.
Under the Legislative Assistance and Combating Terrorist Financing Program (LACFT), CICTE has supported member states by providing legislative technical assistance to draft and approve legislation necessary to counter terrorism and its financing, in accordance with the universal legal instruments against terrorism, especially the Resolutions of the Security Council of the United Nations, the Inter-American Convention against Terrorism (IACAT) and the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on money laundering and financing of terrorism (LA / FT).
CICTE assists member states to:
- Strengthen their institutional capacities to prevent and counter terrorism financing, assisting them in the implementation of international legal instruments on ALA/CTF and improving international cooperation on key issues related to terrorism financing investigations.
- Support financial institutions in the detection of ML / TF activities by preventing and detecting movements of funds or assets linked to terrorist organizations and providing effective support to law enforcement agencies.
- Improve regional and international cooperation among officials of the security agencies in the Free Trade Zones, by identifying types and warning signs of ML / TF in foreign trade operations.
- Strengthen the legal frameworks of the member states to implement targeted financial sanctions and develop mechanisms to formulate domestic lists, in accordance with the norms established by the Resolutions of the United Nations Security Council and the 40 Recommendations of the FATF.
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