Grants and Contributions

The project aims to advance international police cooperation and promote a coordinated regional approach that more effectively addresses persistent and emerging terrorism-financing challenges in West Africa. By
disrupting illicit financial networks linked to terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda and Islamic State (IS) affiliates in West Africa and Sahel regions, the project supports regional and international efforts, notably through the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a G7 initiated global framework to combat financial crimes. By targeting illicit financial flows and strengthening regional border-security efforts, the initiative will reinforce intelligence gathering, criminal investigations, and operational activities in key threat and transit countries. Project activities include: 1) conduct
analysis work on countering the financing of terrorism through joint baseline assessments; 2) organize training activities and tabletop exercises; and 3) conduct pre, post and active operational deployments.

This project aims to strengthen regional capacities for border governance and security by enhancing strategic coordination, communication and evidence-based planning among key actors. The Integrated Border Stability Mechanism (IBSM) with its four Secretariat agencies (IOM, INTERPOL, UNOCT and UNODC) coordinate administrative and programming activities in focus countries. By reinforcing the IBSM Secretariat as a driver of strategic coordination and policy coherence, the project will support efficient prevention and countering of terrorism, transnational organized crime and irregular migrations affecting stability in West Africa’s border areas. Through dedicated information exchange platforms and structured partnership mechanisms, the project will improve communication, shared understanding, and operational knowledge between national authorities, regional actors, international partners, and donors.Project activities include: (1) Stakeholder Forum for technical and strategic partners; (2) Partnership meetings; (3) Implementation of IBSM’s Communication and Visibility strategy; (4) Coordination, oversight and assessment exercises of ongoing IBSM projects; (5) Development of comprehensive technical interventions.

This project aims to reduce threats from terrorist financing and money laundering in North Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia) through strengthened, human-rights compliant, and gender responsive national and regional financial oversight capacity. Project activities include 1) foundational and advanced “follow the money” training, 2) simulated court preparation sessions, 3) on-the-job mentorship for financial intelligence unit (FIU) analysts and 4) specialized workshops on evolving technologies, beneficial ownership, and the abuse of the non-profit sector in terrorist financing.

This project aims to strengthen the capacity and resilience of the Jordanian military and police to protect the stability of Jordan from threats of terrorism and transnational crime. The project focuses on increasing the surveillance, analysis and investigative skills of police officers to identify and arrest suspected drug traffickers. The project further supports the development of women’s skills in the Jordanian Special Operations Forces to support analysis and planning for counter terrorism operations. Project activities include: (1) Provision of technical advice and mentoring for senior managers on countering transnational drug trafficking. (2) Supplying surveillance and investigative equipment and training to counter drug trafficking. (3) Provision of advice and mentoring on the integration of women soldiers as senior managers in the Jordanian Special Operations Forces (JORSOF). (4) Training on intelligence analysis for women in JORSOF.

This Project aims to strengthen the institutional capacity of law enforcement agencies and improve border infrastructure through the provision of equipment and specialized trainings on countering violent extremism and organized crime, while institutionalizing standardized border management curriculum and SOPs in Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia. The Project will enhance regional coordination through trainings, joint workshops, and operational mechanisms such as Integrated/Coordinated Border Management Committees, Joint Operations Centres, and cross-border taskforces. The Project will also reinforce community engagement and policing (CEP) and strengthen early warning mechanisms in border communities by developing standardized CEP training curriculum, monitoring frameworks, and community forums.

The project aims to support the capacity of Jordan’s Armed Forces (JAF) to counter threats of terrorism by improving their ability to better identify, communicate and respond to potential threats. Through improved management and analysis of large amounts of data, the JAF will be better able to produce intelligence in support of counter terrorism operations. Project activities include: (1) Provision of secure IT equipment and software. (2) Training in the use of data management systems. (3) Development of policy and practices for management, analysis and distribution of intelligence produced from data.

This project will address critical minerals crimes in the Asia-Pacific region through strengthened governance, targeted capacity building, and regional coordination. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime will engage national authorities of Mongolia, the Philippines, and Indonesia to prevent, detect, and respond to minerals-related organized crime, including illicit financial flows and corruption. Project activities include: 1) assessments on minerals-sector crime risks and criminal justice solutions; 2) law enforcement capacity building; and 3) convening regional coordination to reduce critical minerals crimes that threaten shared Canadian and Asia-Pacific interests.

This project will contribute to the establishment of a Terrorist Financing (TF) Section within Kenya’s Anti-Terror Police Unit (ATPU) and to enhance the capacity of Kenya’s ATPU, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), the Financial Reporting Centre (FRC) and other relevant institutions to effectively identify, investigate and prosecute TF offences, with the ultimate goal of disrupting, countering, and preventing terrorist financing in Kenya and the East Africa region. The RCMP, in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), will work cooperatively to provide Kenya targeted capacity building and technical assistance training and mentorship, reinforcing an intelligence-led approach and robust investigative program for Kenyan law enforcement agencies. The project will also include the provision of computers and software that will assist officers in carrying out investigations on illicit financial flows and TF. The project is intended to enable Kenya to counter growing terrorist threats within the country and region while also creating standardized responses to advance regional cooperation and cross-border investigations.
Project activities include: 1) a baseline assessment of the ATPU's capacity and a national terrorist financing risk assessment; 2) on-site training, including long-term mentorship to law enforcement officers on terrorist financing, cryptocurrency, strategic analysis, and major case management, to assist in conducting investigations pertaining to terrorist financing offences and strategic decision making to combat illicit financial flows and 3) the provision of equipment, including laptops/computers and software to carry out effective financial investigations.

Ce projet vise à renforcer la capacité des forces d’opérations spéciales libanaises à former leurs troupes aux compétences de reconnaissance afin de recueillir des renseignements sur les organisations criminelles et terroristes.

This Project proposes to support to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of ARINSA, scheduled to take place for 3-5 days in the months between September and December 2025 in Zimbabwe – as the ARINSA Presidency. The AGM will bring together 34 contact points to the network (two per country). These contact points are officials involved in the recovery of proceeds of crime such as those from: Asset Forfeiture Units; Financial Intelligence Units; Supervisory authorities; Prosecution and Attorney-General Offices; Police and other law enforcement authorities; Anti-corruption authorities; Tax authorities; Customs authorities; Ministries of Justice and institutions responsible for the management and disbursement of forfeited assets; Central authorities for mutual legal assistance; and the Judiciary. Partners from sister asset recovery networks and other relevant entities, including international partners, will also be in attendance.

ARINSA is a network for cross-border cooperation in the proceeds of crime with the objective to facilitate the proceeds and instrumentalities of all crimes; promote the exchange of information and good practices; establish a network of contact points; facilitate and promote the establishment, where possible, of national centres of excellence in all aspects of tackling the proceeds of crime; act as an advisory group to appropriate authorities; and facilitate capacity building and knowledge sharing in tackling the proceeds of crime.