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IRS Teach Costa Rican
Authorities To Detect Money
Laundering
Last week Costa Rican police
received training by officials
of the United States Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) in the new
techniques of investigating
money laundering.
IRS officials were also assisted
by officials of the Department
of Homeland Security and
anti-drug police officers, said
a spokesperson for the Costa
Rican Ministerio de Seguridad
Pública.
Among the Costa Rican police
agencies attending the seminar
were officials of the Policía de
Control de Drogas (PCD), Policía
Aeropuerturario (airport
police), the Organismo de
Investigación Judicial (OIJ) and
the Fiscalia (prosecutor's
office).
The seminar explained the
variour techniques used to
detect money laundering from
drug trafficking, the
trafficking of people,
corruption and fraud.
Paul Salvano of the IRS headed
the seminar, telling Costa Rican
authorities to not focus only on
catching the guilty for money
laundering, but also focus their
investigations into the funding
of criminal operations.
To date only officials from
Costa Rica and Colombia have
participated in the IRS
sponsored seminar.
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