Financial Crimes and Money Laundering

$700K USD

Funder	U.S. Agency for International Development
Recipient Organization	United Nations Organisation
Country	West Bank and Gaza
Start Date	Jun 26, 2009
End Date	Jun 23, 2014
Duration	1,823 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`188989-76`

Grant Description

Assist in drafting comprehensive legislation and implementing regulations; and training bank regulators and examiners, financial investigators, prosecutors, and judges.

Establishing a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) that receives, analyzes and disseminates suspicious transaction reports with domestic law enforcement and foreign analogs is a necessary activity that enables the jurisdiction to share vital financial information with other countries.