Chinali Patel Keywords illegal wildlife trade anti-money laundering trade-based money laundering shipping customs administration risk management Read more about Chinali Patel Chinali commenced International Illicit Finance Policy lead role at the British Consulate General in Hong Kong in April 2019. The role has a specific focus on policy and strategy - enhancing diplomatic engagement, capability and capacity building in close coordination with HMG, local and international partners to tackle illicit finance by disrupting high-harm transnational organised crime groups and addressing the factors that drive, enable and perpetuate their activity.
Cheon-Jeong Park Keywords illegal wildlife trade anti-money laundering trade-based money laundering shipping customs administration risk management Read more about Cheon-Jeong Park Cheon-Jeong, Park is Head of the Regional Intelligence Liaison Office for Asia and the Pacific (RILO AP), and also appointed as the Director of International Investigation of Korea Customs Service (KCS). He began his career in 1991 with the foreign port surveillance office at Gunsan Customs. He has broad experience in customs border surveillance as well as investigation and was selected for Head of Daesan Customs in 2015. In the following year, he became Deputy Director of Investigation Planning Division of KCS.
Norizaku Kuramoto Keywords illegal wildlife trade anti-money laundering trade-based money laundering shipping customs administration risk management Read more about Norizaku Kuramoto Norizaku Kuramoto currently heads the Regional Office for Capacity Building at the World Customs Organizations (WCO). He has served as Deputy Director for Technical Cooperation within the Customs and Tariff Bureau of the Government of Japan. Mr. Kuramoto has nearly 30 years of experience working within the Customs and Tariff Bureau. During this time, he has held several senior positions including Deputy Director for Intelligence, Deputy Director for CMAA and Deputy Director for WTO.
Following the Money Trail of the Illicit Wildlife Trade Read more about Following the Money Trail of the Illicit Wildlife Trade | 3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. HK / SGT | Virtual Free webinar jointly organized by the Trade and Supply Chain Finance Program (TSCFP) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) with the World Customs Organizations (Regional Office for Capacity Building for Asia and the Pacific and the Regional Intelligence Liaison Office), Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC) and WWF.
Identifying Ultimate Beneficial Owners: IWT Case Study Read more about Identifying Ultimate Beneficial Owners: IWT Case Study Sirirut shared a case study about illegal wildlife trafficking.
Trade Based Money Laundering, Trade Finance and Illegal Wildlife Trafficking Read more about Trade Based Money Laundering, Trade Finance and Illegal Wildlife Trafficking Gary Wilson gave a background about trade based money laundering, trade finance, and illegal wildlife trafficking.
Identifying Ultimate Beneficial Owners Read more about Identifying Ultimate Beneficial Owners Lisa Kelaart-Courtney gave an overview on how to identify Ultimate Beneficial Owners (UBO)
Thailand says $11M seized in wildlife trafficking sting Read more about Thailand says $11M seized in wildlife trafficking sting This article talked about wildlife trafficking in Thailand.
Following the Money Trails of the Illicit Wildlife Trade -Trends and Typologies Read more about Following the Money Trails of the Illicit Wildlife Trade -Trends and Typologies Julian Newman discussed the EIA's Tackling Financial Flows from Illegal Wildlife Trade report in East Asia.
Case Digest: Initial Analysis of the Financial Flows and Payment Mechanisms Behind Wildlife and Forest Crime Read more about Case Digest: Initial Analysis of the Financial Flows and Payment Mechanisms Behind Wildlife and Forest Crime This Case Digest was created to fill this information gap by providing data on actual cases from Africa, Asia and Latin America and thereby generate more knowledge of financial flows associated with the illegal wildlife trade and what payment mechanisms are used by those perpetrating the crime. The Digest begins with a glossary of terms, which is a collection of financial terms that describe methods of value transfer between buyers and sellers of illicit goods.