DEVELOPMENT OF OPEN SOURCES OF INFORMATION AS A TOOL FOR SUPPORTING MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORISM FINANCING INVESTIGATIONS

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1 Secretariat for Multidimensional Security XLII MEETING OF THE GROUP OF EXPERTS FOR THE CONTROL OF MONEY LAUNDERING May 26-27, 2016 Washington, D.C. OEA/Ser.L/XIV.4.42 DDOT/LAVEX/doc.5/16 25 May 2016 Original: Español DEVELOPMENT OF OPEN SOURCES OF INFORMATION AS A TOOL FOR SUPPORTING MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORISM FINANCING INVESTIGATIONS Development of Open Sources of Information as a Tool for Supporting Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Investigations VIRTUAL CAMPUS 1

2 Background Idea. XL Meeting of the Group of Experts on Money Laundering Control. Washington May 19 th and 20 th Approval. XLI Meeting of the Group of Experts on Money Laundering Control. Lima, Peru October 1 st and 2 nd Validation. Fifty-Eighth Regular Session of CICAD. Trujillo, Peru November 11 th to 13 th Main Objective To develop a technological tool to provide investigators from members states, access (on line) to open public relevant information about non-residents and foreign companies that appear on web pages available under subscription or occasional request within the framework of Money Laundering investigations. 2

3 Chart of the Project SPONSOR PROJECT MANAGER (UIF-PERU) TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS DIRECTOR (UIF-BOLIVIA) Coordinator Country_1 Coordinator Country_2 Coordinator Country _n Member States Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Basil COLLIE Barbados Belize Edgar ARMAZA VIRREIRA Nilson VIEIRA DOS SANTOS Canada Patricio BASCUÑAN ACEVEDO Nelson MOLANO TAMAYO Johana CHINCHILLA AGUZZI Cuba Benjamin GARY LINCOLN Christian CACCIANI CUESTA Mayner Samuel García Gómez United States Terrence Mason Antonio Israel MORALES ARDÓN Guyana Haiti Cesar CASTELLANOS FONSECA Mr. Robin SYKES José CORDOVA BEJARANO Nicaragua Helmut FLORES Raquel CUEVAS ARZAMENDIA Mónica Milagros ACERO VICENTE Dulce Maria LUCIANO Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Idris BAPTISTE Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Andrés NIEMANN Antonio Jose Delgado Marquez Andrés PEREZ 22 Registered 14 Missing 3

4 Tasks Completed DESIGN Presentation of the initiative to the Plenary Session of the XL Meeting Preparation of the Terms of Reference (TOR) Distribution of the terms of reference to Member States Submission of comments of the Member States Coordination with Bolivia s UIF Presentation and approval of the TOR by the Plenary Session of Project approval in CICAD s 58 th Regular Session PREPARATION PHASE TORs update Definition of system matrix, features and chart of the project Design and Analysis of the System (virtual campus) Software development (information system) Preparation of User Manuals and Terns and Conditions for Users. Ongoing Tasks INFORMATION GATHERING PHASE Designation of a Coordinator on each Country Preparation of the formats for collecting the links Link list Submission and Management System Tests with the information from Peru and Bolivia Progress report to the XLII Meeting 4

5 Outstanding Activities CONSOLIDATION PHASE Validation of the links sent by the Country Coordinators Transmission of the forms collected to DST Information loading into the Open Sources of Information module Validation, feedback and correction of the Information Sources System Module by Country Coordinators System Tests DISSEMINATION PHASE Validation of additional links and submission to the DST Loading of the links into the Open Sources of Information module (additional) Final system tests Workshop with the Country Coordinator on the use of the system and presentation of complex web pages Grant authorization access to Country Coordinators and final tests PRESENTATION PHASE Progress report to XLIII Meeting Creation of users, passwords and maintenance od the system Development of a Virtual Platform for sharing open sources of information among members Joint meetings have been held between UIF Peru and UIF Bolivia. UIF Bolivia is currently responsible for developing the virtual platform Virtual Campus which will host all information sources (web links), organized in following the terms of reference of the project. 5

6 What is the Virtual Campus? It is a system developed in a web platform, allowing access to users via internet connection. The platform will : grant user access to the links sent by the countries, knowledge sharing through a collaborative forum; and grant access to the legal documents organized by country. Objective of the Virtual Campus To implement the project DEVELOPMENT OF OPEN SOURCES OF INFORMATION AS A TOOL FOR SUPPORTING MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORISM FINANCING INVESTIGATIONS. Through this virtual campus, open source information links provided by the countries will be published, incorporating security and knowledge sharing parameters. 6

7 Virtual Campus Development For the development of the Virtual Campus, key guidelines have been taken into consideration: Confidentiality Availability Integrity Friendly Bilingual Virtual Campus Components The virtual campus has three environments : Open Sources Access Environment Experience Exchange Environment (Collaborative Forum) Document Exchange Environment 7

8 Open Sources Access Environment Allow the members to have access to the links or web addresses provided by the, which may eventually assist them in processes related with money laundering and terrorism financing investigations. Open Sources Access Environment 8

9 Open Sources Access Environment Classification of categories Experience Exchange Environment (Collaborative Forum) The Experience Exchange Environment was designed under the concept of a forum. Two different environments have been considered: General: for the creation of topics where users can create, comment or answer about a topic. Specific: each country is able to make consultations to Country Coordinators. 9

10 Experience Exchange Environment (Collaborative Forum) Document Exchange Environment Allows the users to know the AML/CFT legal work frame submitted by each country. Laws Orders Resolutions Other regulations Memoirs Statistics 10

11 INFORMATION GUIDE - VIRTUAL CAMPUS An informative guide has been prepared for assisting the users in the interaction with the system, as well as for establishing responsibilities for each role of the system. campusvirtualgelavex@uif.gob.bo Virtual Campus Presentation 11

12 Thanks 12