Strengthening Myanmar’s Criminal Justice Response to Counter Financing of Terrorism

This project aims to enhance Myanmar’s criminal justice response to terrorism by building the capacity of its law enforcement and judicial institutions to effectively implement recently adopted counterterrorism and counterterrorism financing legislation. Project activities include: (1) providing training to law enforcement and criminal justice officials (prosecutors and judges) on the implementation of international and national legal frameworks against terrorism; (2) facilitating the development of a “Training Manual on Collaborative Intelligence Investigation Prosecution and Adjudication of Terrorism related cases”; (3) developing Standard Operating Procedures and Implementation Guidelines of the recently enacted Anti Money Laundering/ Countering the Financing of Terrorism bill; (4) providing training to financial analysts and investigators from the Financial Investigation Unit and other concerned law enforcement and judiciary officials on the investigation and prosecution of terrorism financing cases; and (5) providing training to concerned law enforcement and judicial officials on the mechanisms and tools to render effective Mutual Legal Assistance and extradition.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) enhanced institutional framework for sustainable long-term collaborative investigations and prosecutions of terrorism related cases; (2) enhanced knowledge and operational capacity of law enforcement and criminal justice officials to investigate and prosecute terrorism related cases; and (3) strengthened capacity of financial intelligence analysts law enforcing and criminal justice officials to freeze terrorist assets in accordance to United Nations Security Council Resolutions and to effectively investigate and prosecute CFT cases.