On April 26, 2019, the Chairman of the State Financial Intelligence Service under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic G. Anarbayev with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic and Permanent Mission of the Kyrgyz Republic to the UN in New York took part in a joint special meeting on “The nexus between international terrorism and organized crime, organized by the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee, the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee and the Taliban Sanctions Committee in the United Nations in New York.

The discussions were led by H.E. Mr. Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Peru to the United Nations, in his capacity as Chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, and H.E. Mr. Dian Triansyah Djani, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations, serving in his capacity as Chair of the 1267/1989/2253 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee and Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011).

The purpose of the meeting was to identify the nature and scope of the links that may exist between terrorism, and transnational organized crime. The participants discussed aspects of the issue and underlined the need for strengthened regional and international cooperation.

The participants included representatives of Member States, international and regional organizations, academic institutions, and member entities of CTED’s Global Research Network.

In his speech, the Chairman of the State Financial Intelligence Service under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic G. Anarbayev informed the participants about the activities of the Service on prevention the financing of terrorism, inter alia, by criminalizing the collection and provision of funds for terrorist purposes. In particular, he noted that the State Financial Intelligence Service performs constant monitoring of financial transactions of organized criminal groups. In case of suspicious transaction, the information is immediately sent to law enforcement agencies.