On May 30–31, 2022, a meeting of the Working Group of Experts of the Paris Pact on illicit financial flows was held in Vienna in a hybrid format.

The meeting was attended by delegations from 58 partner countries and 23 organizations that are members of the international coalition of the Paris Pact initiative. Updates, research findings and selected initiatives from the UNODC Global Program to Combat Money Laundering, the Proceeds of Crime and the Financing of Terrorism, the UNODC Afghan Opiate Trade Project (AOTP), the Western and Central Asset Recovery Network for Inter-Agency Asia (ARIN-WCA) and the Judicial Cooperation Network for the South Caucasus and Central Asia (CASC).

Analyst of the IAP CARICC, Mr. Shahboz Komilzoda, made a presentation to the meeting participants on the role of CARICC in countering the laundering of criminal proceeds from drug trafficking.

The participants of the meeting paid special attention to the issues of countering the criminal use of virtual assets and money transfer systems such as "Hawala" in the financial support of the illicit trafficking in Afghan opiates.

As a result of the event, the participants developed recommendations containing response measures, including a strategy and joint action plans.