From 26th January to 27th February 2011, the Basel Institute on Governance conducted seven multi-day training workshops on Anti-Money Laundering / Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) in co-operation with the Financial Intelligence Unit Secretariat of Zambia. Over 200 participants from the following areas attended:

• Supervisors
  (Bank of Zambia, Securities and Exchange Commission, Pension & Insurance, Auditor General, Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Agriculture, Zambia Development Agency, Law Association of Zambia, Office of Registrar of Societies, Patent & Company Registrar, Zambian Institute of Estate Agents, Zambian Institute of Chartered Accountants)
• Financial industry
  (Banks, Insurance companies, Financial companies, Lusaka Stock Exchange, Association of Bureau de Change, Building societies)
• Non-financial businesses and professions
  (Lawyers, Estate agents, Internet service providers)
• Judiciary
  (Judges of the Supreme and High Courts)
• Law enforcement
  (Police, Drug Enforcement Commission, Anti-Corruption Commission, Revenue Authority, Director of Public Prosecution, Magistrates, Immigration)

The workshops consisted of class room training combined with hands on case studies. All workshops were opened with introductory presentations followed by in-depth presentations on AML/CFT. In a second step the international efforts and standards were presented. In a third step the national legislation on AML/CFT was presented as well as typologies from the region.

After every step a questions and answer session took place which was intensively used by the participants to ask questions the presenters and the staff of the FIU secretariat. There were also lively discussions between the participants from the various organisations. The just acquired know-how was tested in case studies, which the participants had to solve in small groups and to present the results to the audience.