Al-Zawiya Hosts International Scientific Forum on Combating Financial Crimes and National Security Threats

Al-Zawiya, August 3, 2026 (LANA) – 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.

The scientific summit was attended by the heads of the Financial Crimes, Money Laundering, and Terrorism Financing Combating Agency and the Security Threats Combating Agency, the head of the General Authority for Media Content Monitoring, a member of the House of Representatives committee monitoring regulatory bodies, the mayor of Al-Zawiya Center Municipality, representatives of the General Secretariat of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD), the president of Nalut University, and the deans of the faculties of law, economics, and forensic accounting at the universities of Al-Zawiya, Sabratha, and Gharyan. A number of researchers and academics specializing in legal, economic, and national security fields also attended, alongside directors of regulatory, security, and youth institution branches.

The summit aims to strengthen local and international institutional security integration, reinforce local legislation and international standards to counter financial crimes and security threats, and develop preventive planning mechanisms.

Speeches were delivered during the summit by the heads of the organizing agencies and the member of the House of Representatives regulatory monitoring committee, emphasizing the importance of institutional cooperation among law enforcement agencies under the Government of National Unity to reinforce the principle of law enforcement and integrate their international role with regional and international counterpart institutions.

The summit addressed four core axes: the first focused on international comparisons of financial crime and money laundering combating agencies globally and regionally, while the second was titled "Combating Terrorism and its Financing in Accordance with Local Legislation and International Standards and Charters."

The third axis covered the academic and research role in supporting security and financial decision-making, whereas the fourth axis dealt with money laundering via funds—challenges and mechanisms for confrontation.

Represented via closed-circuit television (video conference), participants in the summit included representatives from American North University, the Canadian FinTech Association, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), and the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN), in addition to interventions, proposals, and preventive and scientific visions presented by attendees to enhance the domestic, regional, and international roles of law enforcement agencies.

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