EFFORTS BY THE DEPARTMENT AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME

EFFORTS BY THE DEPARTMENT AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME (DTOC) FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME (UNTOC/Palermo Convention) Secretariat for Multidimensional Security (SMS) Department against Transnational Organized Crime (DTOC) 5 March 2020

Structure of the Presentation 1. Principal Mandates of the Department against Transnational Organized Crime (DTOC) 2. Follow-up on the Implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) 3. Results Achieved (2016 -2019) 4. Results Expected (2020) 5. Institutional Strengthening of the DTOC

1. Principal Mandates of the DTOC • • The DTOC is the primary entity in the OAS organization chart for the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) and its three supplementary protocols. At the hemispheric level, the Hemispheric Plan of Action against Transnational Organized Crime (POATOC) is adopted in 2006 to promote the implementation of UNTOC and its protocols by Member States. General Assembly mandates regarding the fight against TOC. Mandates generated within the framework of the forums to which the DTOC provides Technical Secretary services: Reunión de Meeting of National Puntos de Points. Contacto of Contact on TOC (PNC-DOT) Nacionales en Materia de DOT Meeting of National Authorities on Transnational Organized Crime (RANDOT) Meeting of the Meeting of National Authorities on Trafficking Consultative Committee and Conference of in Persons Parties of CIFTA (In coordination with DPS) (in coordination with DPS) Reunión de Puntos de Contacto Group of Experts for the Control of Money Laundering (GELAVEX)

2. Follow-up on the Implementation of the UNTOC • Note sent to the Permanent Missions of Member States requesting their responses to the questionnaires of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to measure the level of UNTOC implementation. • Only two (2) Member States confirmed having submitted the questionnaires and shared their responses with the DDOT: United States and Mexico. • According to available data from UNODC, 25 OAS Member States submitted their responses.

According to UNODC data, 25 OAS Member States responded:

3. Results achieved 2016: • Training workshops on Special Investigative Techniques (SITs) and money laundering investigations for Central America, in which 32 judicial officials from 5 countries in Central America and the Dominican Republic were trained. • XLIII Meeting of the OAS Group of Experts for the Control of Money Laundering (GELAVEX) held in the Dominican Republic. • In Brazil, the DDOT concluded the implementation of the Project Forfeited Assets Latin America (BIDAL).

2017: 3. Results achieved • Money Laundering Control Program trained 103 public and private sector officials from Peru. 35 Latin American Officials trained by the Italian Guardia de Finanzas. • 60 Researchers, Prosecutors and Judges of the Caribbean were also trained in investigation, prosecution and prosecution in these matters. • The Caribbean Inter-Institutional Asset Recovery Network (ARIN-CARIB) was established, with the participation of 32 Caribbean jurisdictions. • Technical Secretariat of the Group of Experts for the Control of Money Laundering (GELAVEX) conducted 2 studies on the administration of seized and forfeited assets. • Initial analysis of the level of implementation of the Hemispheric Plan of Action against Transnational Organized Crime (POA-TOC) in the member countries that submitted their questionnaires.

3. Results achieved 2018: • Launching of the Anti-money laundering project and training of 245 officers from the public and private sectors in Suriname. • Mutual evaluations of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF). • Publication of the fifth edition of the book "Combating Money Laundering from the Judicial System".

3. Results achieved 2019: • Publication of the "Practical Guide to Special Investigative Techniques (SITs) in Cases of Transnational Organized Crime" and training of 124 investigators, prosecutors and criminal intelligence analysts in the matter. • Conclusion of the “Diagnostic Study of National Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons and Illicit Traffic in Migrants in the countries of Northern Central America" and conducting binational workshops on investigation and prosecution of these crimes. • Training of more than 150 public and private sector officials in more than 20 face-to-face and virtual training sessions in Suriname. • In Peru, DTOC began the implementation of the Project on Strengthening of the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing (AML/CFT). Ø Within this framework, 25 analysts from the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) were trained. Ø 150 public and private sector officials participated in an AML / CFT seminar on casino and gambling operations. Ø The DTOC initiated specialized guidance for the FIU in strategic analysis.

4. Results expected in 2020 Projects Illegal Mining Anti-Money Laundering Program for Pursuing illicit gold money: Strengthening Perú and Suriname the fight against the finances of illegal mining. • 6 Training workshops • Diagnostic Study of the phenomenon of • Technical Assistance to the FIU illegal mining and money laundering • Diagnostic Study of the asset management system • National Risk Assessment (NRA)

4. Results expected in 2020 XLVIII Meeting of CIFTA VI Meeting of National GELAVEX 20 th Regular Session Meeting of National Points Authorities on Trafficking of the Consultative of Contact on TOC in Persons • 16 -17 of April • Washington D. C Committee of CIFTA • 28 - 29 of April • Washington D. C. (In coordination with DPS) • Committee on Hemispheric Security (CHS): Providing support to meetings, attending requests and presenting results

5. Future Lines of Action and Institutional Strengthening of the DTOC Coordination with other OAS entities Expansion of Strategic Partnerships Diversification of the portfolio of projects Increase the impact of the DTOC in the Hemisphere Reporting the results

Gastón Schulmeister • Director • Department against Transnational Organized Crime • Gschulmeister@oas. org • @OEA_DDOT 14/02/2022