Criminal Analysis Training (i-Base), Training of Trainers on Criminal Analysis, and Criminal
Analysis Course. In addition, the OSCE PCU developed a curriculum as well as elaborated
and published a Criminal Analysis Training Manual for the Criminal Analysis Course to be
taught at the National Academy of the SBGSU. The course was provisionally included in the
teaching plans at the National Academy of the SBGSU for 2015.
Humanitarian Demining
In co-operation with the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining, 35 officers
from Ukrainian emergency services, Ministries of Defence, Interior and Infrastructure and
border guard administration participated in the workshops on explosive remnants of war and
ammunition management conducted by the PCU. The main aim of the workshops was to
familiarize the national personnel with international standards for responding to the
challenges posed by the current conflict in Donetsk and Lugansk regions of the country and
to facilitate exchange of international experience of explosive hazard mitigation in emergency
operations.
The PCU equipped five regional workstations with specialized hardware and software to
manage demining operations and provided training for seven officers on its usage. In
addition, 50 sets of protective gear were provided to emergency response personnel involved
in humanitarian demining in and near the conflict-affected areas.
Anti-Money Laundering/Combating Terrorism Financing (AML/CFT)
In 2014, the OSCE PCU continued its efforts to boost Ukraine’s Financial Intelligence Unit
(FIU) capacity in order to effectively respond to money laundering and financing of terrorism
(ML/FT) by focusing on building a modern ML/FT threats matrix, developing ML/FT national
risk assessment methodology and learning best AML/CFT international practices.
In particular, a manual for FIU reporting agencies was developed, comprising a wealth of
information on recent global trends in combating money laundering, assessing risks and
threats and describing effective ways to counter ML/FT. The manual is composed of ten
chapters that are dedicated to in-depth analysis of AML/CFT standards, analysis of financial
monitoring practices, risk management, analysis of legal aspects of AML/CFT, study of
various methods of detection of proceeds of crime and typology of money laundering. A
special emphasis is on best international practices in the AML/CFT regulatory environment.
The manual was developed before the anti-corruption package of legislation was adopted on
October 14 2014, and, there, it did not reflect the recent legislative changes. To fill this gap,
the PCU started developing a follow-up commentary on the new legislation to provide
interpretation of new AML/CFT requirements which reflect the FATF 2012 AML/CFT
standards. It is expected that the commentary will be available by mid-August 2015.
In November 2014, the PCU, in co-operation with the OSCE Office of Economic and
Environmental Activities, prepared a study visit for 6 FIU officials to Vilnius, Lithuania, to
learn the host country’s practices in investigating cases related to predicate crime offences
that lead to money laundering. The study visit focused on specificities of confiscating assets
in cases of laundering of the proceeds of crime such as drug trafficking, organized crime and
corruption. The Lithuanian FIU experts shared their experiences on procedures related to
asset recovery as well.
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