Representatives of the Association paid a working visit to Moldova

On December 8-9, 2015, an international seminar on “Illicit Financial Flows: Trafficking in Persons” was held in Chisinau (Republic of Moldova) under the patronage of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Representatives of the USA, Austria, Moldova, Belarus, Hungary, Russia and Ukraine took part in the event. It should be noted that representatives of the All-Ukrainian Association of Scientists and Specialists in the Field of Operational and Investigative Activities also took an active part in the events.

During the meeting, problematic issues of combating “money laundering” obtained from human trafficking were discussed, as well as ways to overcome and prevent the further creation of favorable conditions for human trafficking.

Based on the results of the seminar, a number of tasks were developed for the UN Member States:
— organization of regular regional meetings for representatives of law enforcement agencies, financial intelligence agencies, as well as specialists in combating money laundering in the private sector;
— supporting participating States in developing a toolkit for disrupting the financial infrastructure of crime to achieve greater disruption with less resource expenditure;
— developing training packages on the financing of trafficking in human beings and providing them to participating States as part of a broader training of trainers programme on combating money laundering and trafficking in human beings;
— conducting joint international investigations and establishing investigative teams to plan and implement operations to disrupt the financial infrastructure of crime in the area of ​​trafficking in human beings, etc.