On September 13-14, 2012, the Regional Workshop for GUAM Member States on Anti Money Laundering Issues was conducted in Odessa, Ukraine. The event was organized within the UNODC Project in cooperation with the GUAM Secretariat and with assistance of the US Embassy in Ukraine.

The Workshop was focused on strengthening national inter-agency cooperation for prevention and counteraction to legalization of proceeds from crime.

The Regional Workshop brought together law enforcement practitioners – financial intelligence and law enforcement officers, prosecutors and judges – from GUAM countries, and experts from the USA, the United Kingdom, Italy, Lithuania and Hungary, as well as from the Southeast European Law Enforcement Center (SELEC) and the European Union Border Assistance Mission to Moldova and Ukraine (EUBAM).