WCO Action Plan to Counter Customs-based Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing

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1 WCO Action Plan to Counter Customs-based Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing World Customs Organization David Kane Technical Attaché WCO

2 Capacity Building and Operational Efforts Worldwide Joint Efforts with other International/Regional Organizations that engage in Counter-money Laundering Efforts INTERPOL EGMONT GROUP FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNITS (FIUs) FRONTEX EUROPOL FATF-Style Regional Bodies (FSRBs) APG, GIABA, MENA-FATF, GAFILAT, GAFISUR

3 Capacity Building and Operational Efforts Worldwide Specific Initiative to Build Capacity of Customs and Police Organizations in Specific Regions around the World Joint Capacity Building/Operations Effort with INTERPOL and the Egmont Group/FIUs Three-phase model for the joint targeting of illicit monetary flows by Customs and Police Services

4 Joint Capacity Building/Operations Effort with INTERPOL and the Egmont Group/FIUs 1. Five-Day AML/Customs-based regional Financial Crime Training Workshop conducted by WCO, FIU and INTERPOL AML Experts & development of Intelligence-driven Operational Plan 2. Two-Week Operational Phase targeting Bulk Cash Smuggling, basic TBML schemes and other Customs-based financial crimes 3. Post-operational Assessment of the Successes of Operation, Areas for Improvement and Future Steps

5 WCO FinCRIME On-line Library for Customsrelated Money Laundering Currently being established by the WCO for participating Customs Services around the World Will serve as a WCO-membership Tool for identifying Customs-related Money Laundering and Financial Crimes and will provide current Trends and Methods used by Transnational Criminal Organizations to move illicit Proceeds across international Borders Will be hosted within the WCO CENcomm secure communications platform

6 Engagement in Global AML Forums The WCO will attend all FATF Plenary Sessions (twice a year) and continue to collaborate with FATF in global Money Laundering Efforts, especially with regard to increasing the Capacity of AML Enforcement Efforts in the Developing World The WCO will attend the Egmont Group Plenary Sessions as an Observer and will engage in pertinent Egmont Workshops

7 WCO Counter-terrorism Financing Efforts Partnerships with INTERPOL, Europol and FRONTEX to counter money and assets being smuggled across international borders by terrorist organizations and supporters Joint Operation planned between the WCO and INTERPOL in Asia in early 2019 targeting Bulk Cash Smuggling by Terrorist Organizations Continuing Partnership with United Nations Counter-terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) to conduct Country Evaluations for Counter-terrorism Enforcement Regimes WCO has recently become a member on the UN CTITF Countering of the Financing of Terror Working Group (CFT)

8 Other WCO Counter-AML Efforts Establishing BCS targeting component to pertinent WCO global and regional Operations Firearms and Munitions Trafficking Operations (such as joint Operation TRIGGER efforts with INTERPOL) Counter-narcotics trafficking operations (COCAIR) Wildlife Trafficking Operations Contraband Smuggling Operations (GRYPHON and FOX) Targeting of conversion of illicit funds to commodities within AML initiatives o Gems and precious metals o Jewelry items o Natural Resources

9 The Customs-Financial Intelligence Unit Cooperation Handbook A joint effort between the WCO and the Egmont Group/ FIUs to bolster the interagency cooperation at the national level The Customs Services and FIUs are strategically placed to serve as the point of the spear when it comes to criminal actors that are conducting criminal activity within the international commercial and banking sectors, respectively. Closer cooperation between Customs and FIUs will connect illicit criminal acts from the point of export/import to the deposit and withdrawals from financial accounts

10 The Customs-Financial Intelligence Unit Cooperation Handbook Economies of scale will be generated through closer collaboration Cross-training of financial/aml crime and commercial/customs-specific violations will be the natural result Regularized SAR/STR Review Forums between Customs and FIUs Joint Capacity Building Efforts and Operations, with the inclusion of INTERPOL and the National Police Services.

11 Annual WCO-INTERPOL Forum for Prioritizing Global AML Enforcement Efforts Initiation of Anti-Money Laundering Forum that addresses the most Current Challenges Posed by Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) and Terrorist Organizations This 1 ST Quarter meeting will include input from the following organizations The FATF The Egmont Group Representatives from the WCO and INTERPOL membership

12 Annual Forum for Global AML Enforcement Authorities The goal of the Forum will be to bring together the world s top financial crime investigators from the enforcement and prosecutorial-sides of the house to identify: 1. Current gaps in enforcement targeting 2. Identify/propose solutions for new methods, schemes and technologies that TCOs are utilizing 3. Much of the focus for this group will be on regional, collaborative targeting for the subsequent calendar year

13 QUESTIONS? David Kane Technical Attaché WCO