ISLAMABAD, (Parliament Times) : Anti Narcotics Force Academy organized a Workshop / Seminar on
Anti Money Laundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism from 20 th – 22 nd
March 2024. 53 Investigation Officers and Public Prosecutors from ANF and
Sister Law Enforcement Agencies benefited from the Workshop / Seminar.
Chief Instructor Anti Narcotics Force Academy Sahib Khan welcomed
the audience and highlighted the importance of the workshop.
Experts from relevant stake holders on Anti Money Laundering and
Counter Financing of Terrorism, including Financial Monitoring Unit (FMU),
State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Federal
Investigation Agency (FIA), FATF Secretariat and Counter Terrorism
Department (CTD) Islamabad were invited as guest speakers.
Honorable Commandant Anti Narcotics Force Academy Brigadier
Ghazi Kamal Kiani graced the Closing Ceremony on the final day of the
Workshop / Seminar.
Commandant ANF Academy appreciated the earnest efforts of ANF
Academy to provide a platform for capacity building on money laundering and
terrorism financing related issues relevant to various stake holders. He also
highlighted Pakistan’s efforts at policy, procedural and operational level to fulfill
the requirements of FATF. He underscored the importance of ANF as a vital link
in “National Integrated Approach” being a key member of various national
forums on money laundering and terrorism financing. As the task is multi
sectoral endeavor, ANF is actively engaged with all stake holders namely MoI,
NACTA, FATF Secretariat, FMU, Police, FIA, NAB, CTD and FBR for
information sharing, cooperation and provision of data through a desk involving
a dedicated focal person.
Anti Narcotics Force Academy (ANFA) strives to remain at the forefront of
holding specialized courses and workshops for capacity building that in turn,
feeds into the national efforts against money laundering and terrorism financing.
He stressed the need for continuous capacity building of investigation officers
and prosecutors to better deal with the dynamics of assets investigation
including financial intelligence to undertake proactive pursuance of assets
investigation and money laundering cases.
