Dr. Phiset Sa-ardyen, Executive Director of the #TIJ, shared TIJ’s Social Partnership Model through Restart Academy at the PNI Experts’ Meeting on #ReducingReoffending and the Public Symposium on the #KyotoModelStrategies from 26–28 June 2026 in Kyoto, Japan.
The 189th UNAFEI senior seminar has commenced. Seminar aims to strengthen knowledge-base to reduce reoffending especially by implementing Kyoto Model Strategies, the newest UN standards and norms, through peer learning, lectures, group work and other activities. #UNAFEI#JICA
During the MLA session of the #ASEAN–JPN CJ Seminar, participants engaged in a drafting exercise of MLA requests using the newly adopte Model Templates for ASEAN MLA Treaty, working on a sample case scenario which involves #cryptoassets and cyber-enabled #fraud.
#UNAFEI is honoured to co-organize, with #MOFA, the #EU and #UNODC, the Workshop on “The Role of Youth in Upholding the Rule of Law and Enhancing Strategic Communications in the Digital Space to Prevent Violent Extremism in South Asia.” We are committed to supporting such efforts
#UNAFEI attended the #PNI 2025 Fall Meeting. We reaffirmed our commitment to following up on the #KyotoDeclaration and shared updates on the preparations for the next #CrimeCongress in Abu Dhabi with our fellow organizations.
The 27th UNAFEI UNCAC Training Programme has commenced. Our programme aims to achieve comprehensive understanding of effective measures in detecting corruption through peer learning, lectures, group work and other activities. #UNAFEI
🚨 New #Cybercrime Technical Policy Brief
Organized crime in #SoutheastAsia is rapidly exploiting #AI & automation for:
• #Deepfakes, voice cloning & synthetic IDs
• Phishing, #malware & cyberattacks
• Money laundering & illicit financial flows
#ScamCentres
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🚨 Criminal groups use FDI to infiltrate Timor-Leste’s Oecusse SAR.
🔹 #ScamCentre signs
🔹 Shell firms & multiple passports
🔹 Ties to org #crime & offshore gambling
As crackdowns rise in SE Asia, networks target less prepared jurisdictions.
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The program for Vietnamese prosecutors has concluded! 🇻🇳⚖️🇯🇵 Study visits to courts & prosecutors’ offices, lively discussions and fruitful exchanges. Wishing a safe flight home ✈️✨ Hẹn gặp lại
Correctional Services Principal Secretary Dr. Salome Beacco has underscored the importance of community involvement in crime prevention.
Speaking during a meeting with the team coordinating the implementation of the community-based crime prevention, supervision, rehabilitation and re-integration of children and persons in conflict with the law project, the PS said community involvement in rehabilitation programs is critical towards effective offender management.
The three-year project, being implemented by the State Department for Correctional Services in partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) through Probation and Aftercare Service, seeks to strengthen community-based offender management by integrating community Probation Volunteers into probation services.
According to the PS, the State Department for Correctional Services remains committed to ensure the success of the pilot project that she says will eventually be entrenched in the country’s correctional system to rehabilitate and reintegrate offenders.
“We need to enculture the concept and ensure it becomes part of our strategy in offender management and crime prevention and an alternative to incarceration,” Said the PS.
50 probation officers are set to acquire proficiency as trainers of trainers and will be expected to train the about 1,000 community probation volunteers across Machakos, Kiambu, Kisumu, and Siaya Counties who will be deployed in the 8 pilot probation stations.
The team was led by Project Director, who is also the Probation and Aftercare Service Secretary, Dr. Christine Obondi and PACS-JICA CPV project Chief Advisor Mitsushi Edagawa.
Statement by Judge Tomoko Akane, #ICC President, marking 17 July, Day of International Criminal Justice ⤵️ https://t.co/oHViGGgQB4 #17July#MoreJustWorld
Distinguished experts from #ThaiOAG, #APG on money laundering, and US DOJ #OPDAT shared valuable insights on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing to #UNAFEI participants, fostering a deeper understanding of AML/CFT frameworks and international cooperation.
Join Our Online Discussion on Reducing Reoffending and Recidivism
Are you committed to fostering safer communities and transforming lives through effective rehabilitation programs? Join us on May 27th, 2025, for an impactful online session that explores innovative strategies to reduce reoffending and recidivism while supporting successful reintegration.
Event Highlights
- Expert Keynote Presentations: Hear from renowned speakers, including Ms. Elsa Marie Nourrice from Seychelles, Mr. Clement J.M. Okech from Kenya, Mr. Hasiyo Adams from Uganda Prisons Service, the Commissioner General of Prisons, Tanzania and Ms. Yuho Furukawa, a distinguished professor at the United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (UNAFEI).
- Topics will cover rehabilitation programs, community engagement, gender-specific strategies, and evidence-based tools for offender reintegration.
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v Date: May 27th, 2025
v Time: 10:00 AM EAT
v Format: Online Discussion
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Leading public prosecutor from Japan Prosecutors Unit on Emerging Crimes (JPEC) shared key insights with #UNAFEI participants on the use of #DigitalForensics technology in money laundering investigations —featuring a demonstration of tracing #CryptoAssets.
#AML
Professor YAMAZAKI reaffirmed #UNAFEI’s strong commitment, in collaboration with the PNI members, to accelerating the follow-up to the #KyotoDeclaration and building momentum towards the Fifteenth Congress.
Behind every effort to reduce reoffending is a belief that people can change, and that societies are safer when they do.
At #CCPCJ34 today, the UN Model Strategies on Reducing Reoffending were presented, setting the stage for a new UN standard to strengthen rehabilitation.