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The OAS has discussed for several years the real estate issue, the funding required for maintenance and repairs, as well as the deferred maintenance of its historic buildings. The General Secretariat has provided a series of options for funding it. The most recent document, reflecting the current status of the Strategy, is CP/CAAP-3211/13 rev. 4.
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Here you will find information related to the OAS Strategic Plan 2016-2020, including its design, preparation and approval.
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS),José Miguel Insulza , participated today in Valparaiso, Chile, in a course sponsored by the OAS and the United Nations on “Mock Trials in Money Laundering Cases,” which aims to strengthen the capacity of the Chilean judicial system in this area.
Insulza stressed that training those in charge of enforcing the law is an essential step to confront the complex crime of money laundering. “Excellent human resources are not a guarantee that justice can be served in all cases, but they are at least a basic starting point from which to begin the battle,” he said.
“Today, in the fight against organized crime, it is not enough to convict a drug trafficker, even if that person is the head of the organization,” Insulza said. “Today we need police officers and judicial officials capable of unmasking the reality behind each transaction created to disguise assets, and judges who can understand it,” he added.
The workshop, which uses mock trials to analyze cases, began yesterday afternoon and will continue through November 10. It is organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the OAS Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (known by its Spanish acronym CICAD), and financed by the Inter-American Development Bank IDB().
The course is part of a series of workshops that CICAD has held in the last few years. Previously, the Commission trained bank officials and supervisors with the goal of preventing money laundering. Judges and prosecutors were also trained to be able to provide alternative approaches when prevention at the banking level proved insufficient. Resources were then earmarked to improve financial intelligence units that address the problem of money laundering. The current course brings together prosecutors, attorneys and auditors from the Public Ministry of Chile, specialized police and customs officials, the Service of Internal Taxation and the Financial Analysis Unit, to apply the knowledge gained during the past few years.
The exercise this week in Chile is among several of this nature that will also take place inArgentina , Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico and Paraguay. Participants include Rafael Franzini, head of the OAS Anti-Money Laundering Unit; Jorge Abbot, Valparaiso Regional Prosecutor; Hugo Fuenzalida, President of the Valparaiso Appeals Court; and General Samuel Cabezas, National Chief of Crime and Drug Investigations.
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