The Office of the Supreme People’s Prosecutor of the Lao PDR and ILSTA organised a workshop on the dissemination of the Law on Civil Servants and the prevention of the corruption in Vang Vieng from 1st to 3rd November. The workshop gathered 70 prosecutors from 11 provinces, and comprised presentations by ILSTA experts, quizzes and […]
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Courtesy visit of the Delegation Group of Justice Department of Yunnan Province to Laos and Myanmar
A Delegation Group from the Justice Department of Yunnan Province paid a courtesy visit to ILSTA on October 11th. The delegation composed justice department officials as well as members of the Bar Association of Yunnan Province, an organization which gathers 11 000 lawyers. Discussions looked into possible future cooperation in providing and exchanging legal proficiency […]
Workshop on Assets and Modern Technologies
Sixty judges from the Supreme Court of Laos took part in a seminar on “Assets and Modern Technologies” from 10th to 12th October in Vientiane Capital. The judges came from 8 provinces, namely Udomxay, Bokeo, Luang Namtha and Luang Prabang in the north; Vientiane province, Khammouane, and Bolikhamxay in the centre; and Champasak from the south. […]
Workshops with legal sector institutions in Luang Prabang
ILSTA led a high-level delegation to Luang Prabang from 13 – 16 August to follow up with justice institutions on Conference 2018. The delegation included former Vice Minister of Justice, Mr Ket Kiettisack, and former Deputy Prosecutor General of Laos, Mr Langsy Sibounheuang. The three-day visit took in the Department of Justice, three courts, the […]
Lao National Television coverage of ILSTA conference 2018
National Conference on Combating Transnational Organised Crime in Laos
Transnational organised crime conference draws delegates nationwide More than 420 delegates attended a national conference on “Strengthening Capacities on Combating Transnational Organised Crime in Lao PDR”. The conference took place in Vientiane from 27 February to 1 March. The special focus of this year’s conference was the illicit drug trade and money laundering. All 17 […]
ILSTA awareness materials on AML/CFT reach national audience
The Anti Money Laundering Intelligence Office (AMLIO) of the Bank of Laos organised a workshop on Anti Money Laundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) at the Institute of Economics and Finance in Vientiane. ILSTA is supporting AMLIO in educating financial institutions, law enforcement officials and the general public on the crime of money laundering […]