The EU Global Facility is expanding further to Latin America !
At the end of last month, our Senior Expert on Justice Victoria Palau Tárrega took part in the GAFILAT plenary and Working Groups meetings which took place in Quito (Ecuador 🇪🇨).
Topics that were discussed in the meetings included Beneficial Ownership , cryptocurrency , art trafficking, illegal mining, assets recovery, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendation 8 as well as risk assessment on tax crime and legal entities, among others.
Bilateral meetings were held with the EU Global Facility partner countries Panama 🇵🇦 and Argentina 🇦🇷. In addition, Ecuador, Paraguay 🇵🇾 and Uruguay 🇺🇾 expressed their interest in receiving TA from the EU GF project.