Law enforcement and regulatory professionals from Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan and the Maldives participated in a seminar this week to share best practices about improving the capacity of criminal investigators to detect, prevent, and prosecute terrorist financing.

Delegations from various regulatory and criminal justice sectors participated in the seminar, organized by the United States Department of Justice. The program was designed to bring together these officials in roundtable discussions with experienced U.S. experts in order to become more efficient and effective in investigating and prosecuting terrorist financing.

Seminar participants addressed topics such as improving legal frameworks, investigative strategies and tools, effective special units and task forces, asset tracing, and prosecution of terrorist financing cases in court.