We were very delighted and honored to welcome to our offices a delegation from the Secretariat of the Joint Team on migration-related crime on the Central Mediterranean Route (CMR).
The Joint Team, composed of prosecution and law enforcement agencies of the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, the Office of the Prosecution of the International Criminal Court and supported by Europol, is preparing to enter its second project phase (2024-2027), pending a decision on its application to the European Commission.
Since both the Secretariat and our AML CFT ESCAY Project are funded by the European Commission, the team was in Kenya to get a better understanding of existing programs in the field of investigating illicit financial flows, asset recovery and other related topics. To not duplicate effort not duplicate efforts in the region, they also sought to touch base with us on matters regarding AML/CFT in the region broadly, and more specifically, to tap into our experience from the region in financial investigations, cross border criminal cases cooperation, asset recovery, among others.
As we prepare for the next phase to come, we anticipate and are determined to work closely together with their new project. It is encouraging to see the synergy that is building and the collective effort to tackle Illicit Financial Flows in all of Africa!
The delegation visiting our offices also included officers from the Netherlands embassy in Nairobi.
