United Kingdom supports Northern Triangle Public Prosecutors in fight against money laundering
Prosecutor General and Head of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, Thelma Aldana, opened a UK-funded workshop with officials from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras Public Prosecutors’ Offices.
Inauguration of Gov Risk workshop
The workshop “Best international practice in the execution of joint money laundering investigations by the competent authorities of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador” will take place over the next few days at the headquarters of the Public Prosecutor’s Office located in Zone 1 of Guatemala City.
Attendees at the event include:
- Dominic Le Moignan (International Governance & Risk Institute)
- Soraya Calix (Director at the Honduran Public Prosecutor’s Office)
- Aquiles Roberto Parada Viscarra (Deputy Attorney General of El Salvador)
- Thomas Henry Carter, British Ambassador to Guatemala
As well as ambassadors and representatives of international organisations accredited in Guatemala and officials from the Public Prosecutor’s Offices of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.
Government officials from all three countries will receive technical assistance from international experts on the legislative and operational design of an agreement that will allow them to operate joint teams to combat money laundering activities in the region.
The seminar is supported by the International Governance and Risk Institute (GovRisk), a British organisation specialised in training and high level consultancy in fields related to anti-corruption, anti-money laundering and cases of fraud in public procurement. The Training Unit of the Guatemalan Public Prosecutor’s Office coordinated the activity.
Mayra Véliz, Secretary General of the Guatemalan General Prosecutor’s Office, explained that the training seeks to achieve an effective collaboration between public prosecutors and strengthen joint expertise on the investigation of money laundering and other crimes.