The CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) received resources from the 11th EDF to support the fight against money laundering and financing of terrorism through the project Capacity Development for CARIFORUM Member States on Asset Recovery and Cybercrime. The asset recovery aspect of the project seeks to build the CARIFORUM Region’s capacity in investigating and prosecuting crime and criminal activities to enable confiscation and seizure of the proceeds of crime to dismantle criminal networks. One of the four outputs of this component is to enhance the capacity of prosecutors and judicial officers to deliver judgements on financial crime cases. In order to deliver training to those stakeholders, CARCIOM IMPACS conducted an online training needs assessment (TNA) across judicial bodies and offices of Director of Public Prosecutions in all CARICOM Member States. The Training Needs Assessment conducted was completed and a report drafted outlining the key areas of training needs in four core areas (listed in the table below).

The next phase of this component is to deliver training and sensitization sessions. These sessions will be conducted over five months beginning in November 2022 and ending in March 2023.

Part two of the training program will be conducted during a face-to-face workshop the week commencing 20 March 2023 and delivered to a smaller audience of two participants per Member State: one prosecutor and one judicial officer. Arrangements for this session are currently in the planning phase, and further information will be provided in the upcoming months.