The Anti Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing Unit participated in a workshop on "Consultations on Investigating Counter Financing Terrorism Cases" held in Amman during the period from May 21th-24th, 2017 organised by the Financial Services Volunteer Corps (FSVC) with the participation of a number of Jordanian national authorities from military judges and prosecutors, General Intelligence Department, Public Security Directorate, the Ministry of Justice, the General Customs Department, Jordan Securities Commission and the Companies Control Department, in addition to the participation of experts from United States of America.&
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The workshop addressed several topics which included the importance of forming counter terrorism task forces and how to start investigations related to the financing of terrorism, the importance of financial investigations in enhancing the criminal investigation in addition to present practical cases of terrorist cases around the world and how terrorists use the international financial system to facilitate the transfer and financing of terrorist acts, also discussed the abuse of charitable organizations to finance terrorism.