Specialized sub-regional training in St. Kitts and Nevis

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the CICTE Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS/SMS/CICTE), in collaboration with the Government of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, held a Specialized Legal Workshop in the Prevention and Fight against Terrorism and its Financing for the Caribbean Sub-region, on February 9-12, 2010.

The Sub-regional event attracted the participation of judges, prosecutors and law enforcement officials as well as expert representatives from Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and St. Kitts and Nevis. International experts from Canada, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, CARICOM and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) also participated in the workshop.

During the 4 day workshop, participants discussed their countries’ respective experiences in the ratification and implementation of the universal and regional legal framework against terrorism and its financing. Delegates also elaborated on the legislative advances within their individual countries, as well as on their national experiences in the investigation and prosecution of acts of terrorism. Participants exercised the theoretical knowledge acquired in a case-study developed for the workshop.

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