ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM INTER-SESSIONAL SUPPORT GROUP MEETING ON CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES (ISG on CBMs) Beijing, 20-22 November 2003 THE SOUTHEAST ASIA REGIONAL CENTRE FOR COUNTER-TERRORISM (SEARCCT) Document No. 4 Agenda 4
ASEAN Regional Forum Intersessional Support Group Meeting on Confidence Building Measures (ISG on CBMs) Beijing, 20-22 November 2003 THE SOUTHEAST ASIA REGIONAL CENTRE FOR COUNTER- TERRORISM (SEARCCT) Voluntary Briefing by Malaysia The Southeast Asia Regional Centre for Counter-Terrorism (SEARCCT) in Malaysia was officially launched on 1 st July 2003 by the Honourable Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia. The activities of SEARCCT would primarily focus on five key areas i.e. Pre- Terrorism Event Situation-preventive in nature e.g. Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorist Financing, Train the Trainers Concept - Continuous training to upgrade the skill of the Enforcement Agencies in countering terrorism, Public Awareness/Education Programme related to terrorism and counter - terrorism through training courses/seminar/workshop/conference, Border Control /Security and its Management and Post-Terrorism Event Situation and its Management. The Centre has circulated the proposed subjects that would be covered (Appendix 1) to the ASEAN countries and other interested countries. Comments and input, if any on the activities to be implemented by the Centre would be welcomed.
Appendix 1 PROPOSED SUBJECTS FOR TRAINING COURSES / SEMINAR / WORKSHOP / CONFERENCE BY SEARCCT 1. Causes and Origins of Terrorism 2. Modus Operand! of Terrorist Groups 3. Combating Terrorism 4. Cyber Terrorism 5. Anti-Money Laundering & Combating Terrorist Financing i) Counter Financing of Terrorism (CFT) Guidance to Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) on CFT Guidance to Financial Sector on CFT Technical assistance needed in the area of formulation and implementation of combating terrorist financing strategy Training needed for the financial sector in relation to CFT in general. ii) Financial Intelligence Unit Analyst case training Policy development Technical assistance required in training of the FIU staff in financial and suspicious transaction report (STR) analysis and Technical assistance required in training of the FIU staff in policy development. iii) Financial Sector Training of Insurance Supervisors Training of Securities Industry Supervisors / regulators Training of Bankers Training of Insurance Market Participants Development of E-Learning Software Training needed in detecting suspicious transactions particularly in relation to terrorist financing & Assistance needed in the development of an E-Learning training software for the financial institutions.
iv) Law Enforcement Training of Prosecutors, Judges Asset Forfeiture - Prosecutions Asset Forfeiture - Financial Investigators; Asset Management Financial Investigative Techniques Law Enforcement Officials Mutual Assistance Proceedings Technical -assistance needed in the areas specific to Investigation Techniques - Training for Prosecutors and Judges. Assistance are needed in the following areas: Investigative Methodologies Planning Investigations Evidence Gathering Covert Investigations Forensic Accounting Financial System Awareness Asset Tracing Confiscated Asset Management Technical assistance needed in implementing mutual assistance arrangements. v) International Cooperation Asset Sharing fc 6. Training Courses on Identification on Chemical Substances that could be used as Explosives 7. Criminalization of Terrorist Acts 8. Harmonization of Regional Anti-Terrorism Laws 9. International Legal Cooperation In Combating Terrorism Through Extradition and Mutual Assistance In Criminal Matters 10. Public Awareness Campaign / Education Programme related to terrorism and counter-terrorism especially to Public, Banks, Insurance Companies, Authorities in charge of Water Supply, Electricity, Fuels Installations. Aviation & Ports (Entry and Exit Points), Hotel Industry, Shopping Complexes, Commercial Buildings, Convention Centres etc. so * *
that they be more knowledgable and vigilance on terrorism related subjects. 11. Aviation Security Course 12. Sea-Surveillance Technique - ASEAN Workshop on "Sea Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea" 13. Security Intelligence Training in security support for major public events Training in data analysis techniques (to help identify unusual patterns in large sets of data, such as telephone traffic or computer logs). This training might be useful for information gathering and collection of database of SEARCCT as to updating the Database related to terrorism and counter-terrorism i.e. profiling of persons, their affiliation, funding, incidences, operations etc. 14. Border Control / Security, Immigration Matters and Its Management - Border Integrity i) It involves training in document fraud examination, detection and examination of fraudulent documents; ii) Professional standards and conduct training for frontline immigration personnel; iii) Advance Passenger Information (API) system program ; 1-2 day program introducing API and describing the benefits of introducing unique national API system; iv) Document Security and Biometric Measures; v) Enforcement of Immigration Laws & Enforcement Against Illegal Smuggling (peoples, goods etc.) Activities Related to Terrorism. 15. Disaster Scene Management i) Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) training, Identification and Handling of remains and Forensic Investigations / Considerations by making use of crime scene to investigate e.g. on the people killed in the recent Bali bombing; ii) Management of Chemical, Biological & Nuclear (CBN) attacks with the involvement of medical team, police, military, navy, fire brigade, media etc.;
iii) iv) Bio-Hazard and Chemical - Hazard Management; Radioactive Materials Management; v) Post-Blast Investigation. Malaysian Delegation to the ARF ISO on CBMs Beijing 20 November 2003