NASSAU, Bahamas — Officials from the Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Legal Affairs and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) collaborated to host a two-day Anti-Money Laundering/Countering Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) Forensic Workshop, (May 1-2, 2018) in the Training Room of the Bahamas Customs Department, Customs House, Thompson Boulevard, the Bahama Journal reported on May 4.
An initiative of the Office of the Attorney-General and the Ministry of Legal Affairs, the workshop was part of what will be an ongoing process to build even greater capacity amongst the country’s regulators. PricewaterhouseCoopers was invited by the Office of the Attorney-General to facilitate the two-day Workshop.
The training was intended to enhance the technical knowledge and forensic investigative skills needed to identify and trace the proceeds of crime and also to effectively investigate and prosecute money laundering, the financing of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
It is further anticipated to lead to more effective money laundering investigations and successful prosecutions. The Office of the Attorney General intends to hold more training sessions of this kind to deepen the awareness and increase the skills of all relevant stakeholders.
