GELAVEX is the main hemispheric forum to discuss and propose lines of action to prevent and counter money laundering in the Americas.
It was created in 1990, through the convening of the first meeting of the Inter-American Group of Experts to develop model regulations on money laundering related to illicit drug trafficking.
Since 2016 it is a working group whose Technical Secretariat services are provided by the Department against Transnational Organized Crime (DDOT).
Currently, GELAVEX is made up of two Sub-Working Groups:
- International Cooperation and Confiscation
- Coordination between Financial Intelligence Units (FIU) and Criminal Investigation Organizations (OIC)