Prosecutors pairing program
A fundamental part of strengthening anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism systems in the Asia-Pacific is the ability of prosecutors to take proceeds of crime action.
AMLAT and the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) have developed a pairing program that places regional prosecutors in a proceeds of crime team within the CDPP. The pairing program was developed to increase the capacity of prosecutors to undertake proceeds of crime action through practical experience, training and mentoring with the CDPP. The participants in the program return to their home countries following their placement and assist to implement proceeds of crime systems in their own jurisdictions.
A State prosecutor from the Papua New Guinea Office of Public Prosecution took part in the inaugural phase of this program, undertaking his placement with the Criminal Assets Branch of the CDPP in Brisbane from July to September 2007. On his return to Papua New Guinea in September, he participated as a key presenter at a multi-agency training workshop for the implementation of Papua New Guinea’s Proceeds of Crime Act and at Papua New Guinea’s National Prosecutors Conference that year.
To date, there have been successful placements from PNG, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Indonesia and Samoa within CDPP offices in Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra.
For more information or to request assistance, visit the How to request international legal assistance page.