Institute of Legal Support and Technical Assistance (ILSTA) joined with the Office of the Supreme People’s Prosecutor (OSPP) on 8th May in Bokeo Province to continue its series of trainings on organised crime and money laundering, with a focus on typologies of crime, human trafficking and smuggling of migrants.
The training, with the financial support of the Ministry of Finance of Luxembourg, was officially opened by Mr Bounyang Chandalasane, Deputy Prosecutor General of Lao PDR, and Mr Richard Philippart, ILSTA President, and attended by some 50 participants from the Provincial People’s Prosecutor and Public Security Departments of four Northern Provinces: Bokeo, Luang Namtha, Luang Prabang and Sayabouly, as well as OSPP central and experts from ILSTA.
This initiative is part of a series of trainings that ILSTA, in partnership with the Public Prosecutor’s Office, is delivering to law enforcement officials nationwide. The trainings will improve awareness, understanding and exchange best practices about different types of emerging organised crime and the nexus with money laundering, with a particular focus on human trafficking and people smuggling in order that law enforcement officials are better able to address these issues in their respective provinces.
Similar trainings are also foreseen for key law enforcement officials in other northern provinces, central provinces as well as southern provinces throughout this year.
This training programme is conducted under the framework of the ILSTA-OSPP five-year cooperation plan and forms part of a range of initiatives focusing on capacity building in the legal sector. ILSTA is supporting the Lao government in its efforts to strengthen key legal institutions and develop a state governed by the rule of law.
Mr Richard Philippart delivering AML training
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