Grants and Contributions

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.

The project aims to build local capacity to prevent and respond to threats from terrorism and violent extremism in affected states.

This project aims to increase accountability for sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) related crimes, including those linked to terrorism, in Nigeria and to improve access to justice for survivors. The project helps to institutionalize best practices for collecting, storing and using evidence in prosecution, fostering a culture of proper evidence use among law enforcement and justice actors in criminal cases.

This project seeks to support national capacities within Kenya, Somalia and Uganda to develop, test and institutionalize systematic methods to gather IED evidence, and handle and respond in a whole-of-government approach across security and law enforcement entities. This aims to be achieved through the provision of training and activities on both upstream (pre-incident) and downstream (post-incident) counter-IED measures. Upstream training seeks to support officials in IED identification, control of IED precursors and components, and intelligence-led operations to interdict individuals or groups before the IED is manufactured or deployed. Downstream C-IED training seeks to enhance law enforcement capacity in scene exploitation and recovered evidence analysis, technical exploitation of recovered devices, component tracing, and the collection and handing of evidence from IED incidents.

This project aims to prevent and counter revenues from drug trafficking to tackle terrorism and related conducts. The initiative seeks to enhance the capacities of finance-mandated criminal justice agencies in targeted countries in South Asia, providing knowledge and skills and fostering regional cooperation and coordination. Project activities include: (1) conducting country-focused analysis and research on Illicit Financial Flows (IFF) and their link to financing of terrorism for each recipient country; (2) hosting a regional roundtable for government stakeholders in the recipient countries to share the information collected in the analyses; (3) delivering 2 training sessions for each country for criminal justice practitioners on IFFs and the link to terrorism financing; and (4) organizing a regional workshop on sharing best practices and lessons learned in the application of knowledge and skills gained through national training sessions.

This project aims to strengthen Jordan’s and neighbouring countries’ or territories’ security by improving the security screening capabilities and infrastructure at the King Hussein Bridge (KHB) which connects Jordan and the West Bank. Through the Counter-Terrorism capacity building program’s support, the United Nations office on drugs and crime seeks to strengthen the technical and operational capacity of Jordanian law enforcement, intelligence services, and border security officials operating at the KHB. Project activities include: (1) upgrading infrastructure, equipment, and software at the KHB to ensure security authorities are properly equipped to undertake security screening operations in line with international best practices and standards; (2) providing training and technical assistance to security entities at the bridge to help them investigate security issues, monitor surveillance, and screen passenger and cargo; and (3) reinforcing existing cooperation between security authorities by facilitating interagency working groups and regional conferences to share best practices.