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Activity name (as stated in the original proposal): Activity 2.1: Improve institutional capacity and inter-agency cooperation in using anti-money laundering (AML) tools to investigate, prosecute and convict wildlife crime
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Service (to be performed): Coordinates the implementation of capacity building workplan with People’s Police Academy
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Location of Services: Viet Nam
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Duration of Service’s performance: Mar. 1, 2022- Sep. 30, 2022
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WCS’s person in charge (PIC): Minh Hoang
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I. Background:
The illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is considered as a transnational organized crime and linked with other types of crime such as money laundering, tax evasion, corruption. With the development of science, technology and information technology, modus operandi of criminal syndicates are becoming more and more sophisticated and constantly changing to evade detection by authorities. In the context of a global outbreak of COVID-19 and limited movement between countries, the use of information technology in IWT is expected to increase in more and more complicated headway; especially in cyberspace.
In addition, to move, hide and launder illicit money generated from illegal wildlife trade (IWT), transnational organized crimes exploit weaknesses in the financial and non-financial sectors, enabling further wildlife crimes and damaging financial integrity. This problem enables wildlife crime and illegal money flows to continue and become increasingly complex. International organizations operating in the field of financial investigations such as the The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), The Egmont Centre of FIU Excellence and Leadership (ECOFEL) have recently conducted a series of studies and analyses to assess the money laundering risk aspects associated with wildlife crime. They also recommended FATF member countries (Viet Nam has been a member of the Asia/Pacific group since 2007) about appropriate methods and tools that LEAs and judiciary agencies should apply to deter and fight wildlife crimes through the prevention of illegal financial transactions. In Viet Nam according to the assessment of State Bank of Viet Nam in 2018, the potential risk of money laundering originating from the violations of regulations on protection of endangered, precious and rare wildlife is high Medium. Meanwhile, in 2019, the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering also considered the Vietnamese government's response and actions to money laundering threats from IWT activities as a focus within the scope of multilateral assessment on prevention and combat of money laundering of Viet Nam.
Despite the power of financial investigation in uncovering the wider network of criminals involved in an illicit wildlife supply chain, especially to investigate and prosecute money laundering case with wildlife crime as a predicate offence, has not been given much attention in Viet Nam. Lack of required knowledge, resources and relevant cooperation mechanism prevent the law enforcement agencies (LEAs) from making a comprehensive assessment and preventing the threats posed by these illegal sources. Training evaluations previously conducted by WCS revealed that police lack of understanding of money laundering, financial information and have insufficient intelligence products provided by FIU, while prosecutors and judges do not have sufficient information to prepare for development of money laundering crime cases. Those together with weak inter-agency coordination lead to hesitation in undertaking financial investigations or pursuing a money laundering cases.
To strengthen capacity of LEAs in preventing and combating illegal wildlife trafficking, WCS will work with People’s Police Academy (PPA) to implement a series of capacity building activities including training need assessment, developing training materials, organizing training courses, providing on the job support for participants post-training, and conducting post-training survey to evaluate the effectiveness on improving information collection and analysis skills, especially using anti-money laundering tools for law enforcement officers to combat wildlife crime (called Plan in short).
In order to ensure Plan’s aforementioned activties implemented smoothly and met expected results with good quality, an expeditor is needed to coordinate all the processes to conduct this Plan.
II. Objectives:
To coordinate to successfully implement a series of capacity building activities with PPA in accordance with the designed Plan.
III. Description of work:
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Activities
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Outputs/ deliverables
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Completed by
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Allotted time (# of days)
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Payment schedule
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Prepare the paperwork and get approval from PPA’s leaders on the documents related to the Plan implementation;
Ensure timely information exchange between a group of PPA’s experts and WCS for smooth Plan implementation;
Ensure the Plan’s activities related expenses complied to WCS’s financial expenditure guidance;
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- Documents and information for the activities (dispatch, agenda, reports…) are prepared;
- Financial documents are approved for payments
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Sep 30, 2022
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18
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Payments will be made per following schedule:
- - First payment will be paid within 10 working days after relevant deliverables of 04 training courses are supplied and approved by WCS.
- Final payment: the remaining contract within 10 working days after the relevant deliverables of reference book development, post-training evaluation and review workshop are supplied and approved by WCS.
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Coordinate the organization of logistics arrangement, and reporting schedule for the training courses;
Coordinate the collection and development of participant information;
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- 04 training courses are organized;
- A list of participants in accordance to WCS’ information form;
- The logistics (approval, travel, meeting rooms, hotels, ...) are prepared
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May 31, 2022
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20
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Facilitate logistics arrangement for the development of training materials;
Facilitate logistics arrangement for the development, approval and printing of reference book;
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- A set of training materials is developed and completed to be used in the training courses;
- A reference book is developed and completed, meeting quality requirements from PPA and approved to integrate into PPA's teaching program.
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Jun 30, 2022
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17
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Coordinate the organization of logistics arrangement, and reporting schedule for post-training supports and evaluation, and a review workshop;
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- 02 technical update meetings with participants organized in the North and South
- Post-training evaluation conducted, including field trips, to be carried out;
- A review workshop to evaluate the performance of activities is organized with the participation of a selected departments of the MPS and units of the PPA;
- The logistics (approval, travel, meeting rooms, hotels, ...) are prepared.
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Sep 30, 2022
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15
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Total allotted time (total working days): 70 days
IV. Requirements (selection criteria):
- Has working experience in training and education system of police agency;
- Possess knowledge on building capacity for police, and have experience in organizing training courses for police.
- Holds Master Degree as an advantage
V. Application procedure
Interested candidate(s) are invited to send to vietnamconsulting@wcs.org before 11:00 am (Hanoi time), February 25, 2022.
i) An email of interest
ii) Curriculum Vitae which highlights relevant knowledge and working experience
iii) Financial proposal (daily rate in VND including Personal Income Tax)
Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.