Ch Amjad Ali
Rawalpindi: As per details, 53 investigation officers and public prosecutors from ANF and sister law enforcement agencies benefited from the workshop/seminar.
Anti Narcotics Force Academy Chief Instructor Sahib Khan welcomed the audience and emphasized the importance of the workshop.
Experts from relevant AML/CFT stakeholders including Financial Monitoring Unit (FMU), State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), FATF Secretariat and Counter of Terrorism Department (CTD) Islamabad were invited as guest speakers.
Honorable Commandant of Anti-Narcotics Academy Brigadier General Ghazi Kamal Kiani graced the closing ceremony on the last day of the workshop/seminar.
The ANF Academy Commander appreciated the earnest efforts of the ANF Academy to provide a platform for capacity building on money laundering and terrorist financing issues relevant to various stakeholders. He also highlighted Pakistan’s efforts at political, procedural and operational levels to meet FATF requirements.
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He emphasized the importance of ANF as a vital link in the “National Integrated Approach” which is a key member of various national forums on money laundering and terrorist financing. Being a multi-sectoral endeavour, ANF is actively working with all stakeholders namely MoI, NACTA, FATF Secretariat, FMU, Police, FIA, NAB, CTD and FBR for information sharing, collaboration and data provision through a department comprising specialized central person.
The Anti Narcotics Force Academy (ANFA) strives to remain at the forefront of delivering specialized courses and capacity building workshops which in turn contribute to national efforts against money laundering and terrorist financing. He emphasized the need for continuous capacity building of investigating officers and prosecutors to better deal with the dynamics of property investigations, including financial intelligence, to conduct proactive investigations into property and money laundering cases.
