Role and Functions of ARINSA Facilitate informal requests on asset recovery and money laundering cases between member countries. Train and build capacity of asset forfeiture practitioners in ARINSA and non-ARINSA members countries in Africa – police, prosecutors and judiciary. Mentor asset forfeiture practitioners on an ongoing basis. Assist guidance with establishing asset forfeiture units and the drafting of asset recovery and money laundering legislation.

ARINSA member countries Botswana Lesotho Malawi Mauritius Namibia South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe

Membership pending Mozambique Angola Seychelles Madagascar

Network Essentials Investigator and Prosecutor Senior practitioners Contacts in other networks CARIN RRAG ARIN-WA ARIN-AP ARIN-EA FOREIGN LAW ENFORCEMENT LIAISON OFFICERS United States Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)

ARINSA mentors Currently Deployed Mauritius Lesotho Zambia Functions Botswana Namibia Tanzania Swaziland Malawi Functions Case assistance Strategic planning Workshops on identifiable issues Identifying training needs for next 3 years

Priorities For all ARINSA members to seize proceeds of crime and take cases to court to obtain freezing and confiscation orders and prosecute for money laundering. Placement of mentors in all ARINSA member countries to assist with financial intelligence, financial and money laundering investigations. The advisors will assist investigators to run parallel financial investigations to the criminal case which provides a transnational platform to seize assets and proceeds of crime.(FATF 2012) Partnering with other regional and international networks and law enforcement agencies on joint operations; Shared intelligence In RSA - 21 arrests working in conjunction with the US HSI. Identified and seizure of $6mil last 12 months RSA.

Priorities cont.. Setting up Asset Forfeiture Units Dedicated unit and with practitioners addressing asset forfeiture and money laundering. Asset Management Ensuring the value of assets are preserved until final forfeiture. Asset Forfeiture Funds Ensure that forfeited funds are ring-fenced to fight crime and investigations. Forfeited funds are used to fund Asset Forfeiture Units and law enforcements innitiatives.

Mr. Jumlong Mr. Jumlong was sentenced to 40 years imprisonment in South Africa for trafficking Rhino horns from South Africa. Thai authorities met with their African counterparts, In January 2015 Thai Transaction Committee considered a request to freeze assets linked to  Mr. Jumlong. The property included 7 bank accounts under his name and his 3rd wife with total amount of 2.2 Million Thai Baht approximately 70,000 USD and a house valued at 5 million Thai Baht.

What concerns us? Virtual currencies Cross border money transfers Bitcoin - http://www.bitcoinzar.co.za/ Gold farming – World of Warcraft game Cross border money transfers transfer as a result of a point-of-sale payment or a cash withdrawal in a country in the Rand Common Monetary Area. Informal and formal money remitters Abuse of travel allowances(Excon) Beneficial ownership 5

“In my experience, neither regular citizens nor those employed in the financial industry really have a clue about what money laundering is or how investigators can follow the money trail to uncover many other types of crime” Mathers, Chris. 2004, Crime School : Money Laundering Key Porter Books, Toronto, Canada

ARINSA CONTACTS Information can be obtained from: a) Fitz-Roy Drayton Email 1: fitzroy.drayton@unodc.org b) JP Willemse (ARINSA Secretariat) Email:   jpwillemse@npa.gov.za c) ARINSA Email: arinsa@npa.gov.za http://new.arinsa.org/