The East Africa Association of Prosecutors (EAAP) held a training workshop for the technical committee of the Association, comprising the focal points of the member countries, in Nairobi, Kenya on 14th -17th March, 2022 under the theme “the use of asset recovery, Anti-money laundering and international cooperation in combating wildlife crime and other transnational crimes.”
The workshop featured presentations and deliberations on the following areas:
Overview of Wildlife Crime & trends in East Africa;
Addressing Transnational Organized Crime and international Cooperation to Combat illicit Trafficking of Wildlife, Narcotics, and other serious Crimes;
Following the Money and Asset Recovery as tools to combat Transnational Organized Crimes;
International legal and practical mechanisms for successful recovery of Wildlife Crime;
Emerging Transnational Organized Crimes: Combating Wildlife Crimes linked to the Internet
The presentations were done by the focal points from member countries as well as experts from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), African Wildlife Foundation, Space for Giants, and the East Africa Community Secretariat.
The Workshop further provided an opportunity for the EAAP Technical Committee to draft and prepare the structure of the next EAAP Strategic Plan, after the strategic plan 2016-2022 comes to an end.
The delegates from member countries got the opportunity to visit the Prosecution Training Institute (PTI) in Loresho, Kenya as it develops towards being the premier prosecution training institute in the region.