Tripoli: The city of Al-Zawiya hosted on Monday the events of the International Scientific Forum on Combating Financial Crimes and National Security Threats (Towards an Integrated Preventive System), organized by the Security Threats Combating Agency and the Financial Crimes, Money Laundering, and Terrorism Financing Combating Agency, in partnership with the Libyan Foundation for Investigative Journalism and the American North University.
According to Libyan News Agency, the scientific summit was attended by a range of prominent figures including the heads of the Financial Crimes, Money Laundering, and Terrorism Financing Combating Agency, the Security Threats Combating Agency, and the head of the General Authority for Media Content Monitoring. A member of the House of Representatives committee overseeing regulatory bodies, the mayor of Al-Zawiya Center Municipality, and representatives from the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) were also present. Additionally, the president of Nalut University and deans from the universities of Al-Zawiya, Sabratha, and Gharyan participated, alongside numerous researchers and academics specializing in legal, economic, and national security fields.
The summit aimed to strengthen the integration of local and international institutional security, reinforce legislation and international standards to counter financial crimes and security threats, and develop preventive planning mechanisms. Speeches emphasized the importance of institutional cooperation among law enforcement agencies under the Government of National Unity to enhance law enforcement and integrate their roles with regional and international counterparts.
The summit addressed four core axes: the first focused on international comparisons of financial crime and money laundering combating agencies globally and regionally. The second axis was titled "Combating Terrorism and its Financing in Accordance with Local Legislation and International Standards and Charters." The third axis explored the academic and research role in supporting security and financial decision-making, while the fourth axis dealt with money laundering via funds-challenges and mechanisms for confrontation.
Representatives from American North University, the Canadian FinTech Association, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), and the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) participated via video conference. Participants provided interventions, proposals, and preventive and scientific visions to enhance the domestic, regional, and international roles of law enforcement agencies.