CONFERENCE ON PREVENTING THE FINANCING OF THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION 2025
Proliferation financing (PF) involves financial flows that facilitate the acquisition, development, or transfer of WMD, often through opaque structures, non-state actors, and legitimate trade networks used for illicit purposes.
Unlike other financial crimes, FP does not require prior criminal activity to be detected: countries must act preventively, applying targeted financial sanctions immediately, in accordance with United Nations Security Council resolutions.
This conference is aimed at obligated entities of the financial and non-financial system, as well as relevant government agencies, with the aim of:
• Recognize the risks associated with FP.
• Comply with the FATF Recommendations, especially Recommendation 7.
• Implement effective measures of detection, freezing of assets and inter-institutional cooperation.
AGENDA
TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2025
08:45-09:30 | Accreditation and welcome coffee
09:30-09:40 | Welcome remarks
Silvina Rivarola – España | Director – Central Bank of the Argentine Republic
09:40-09:50 | Introducing LSEG
Juan Carlos Escalera – España | Director of Risk Solutions, Automations and Markets – LSEG LATAM
09:50-10:30 | Emerging threats of financial crime and their links to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the financing of terrorism
Che Sidanius | Global Head of Financial Crime Industry Affairs – LSEG
Vice President – Global Coalition to Combat Financial Crime
10:30-11:00 | Threat assessment: trends and typologies of terrorist financing and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
Tim Louthan | Threat Finance Expert – LSEG Risk Intelligence
11:00-11:30 | Coffee break
11:30-12:00 | Sensitive, dual-use and strategic control and proliferation financing
Sérgio Antônio Frazão Araújo – España | General Coordinator of Sensitive Goods – Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Brazil
12:00-12:30 | Non-proliferation, international regimes and export controls of sensitive, military and dual-use materials
Martin Dieser – España | Counselor of the Directorate of International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs (DIGAN) – Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of the Argentine Republic
12:30-14:15 | Recess
14:15-14:30 | Accreditation
14:30-15:15 | Financing the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: FATF Recommendations, International Standards and Best Practices
Juan Manuel Portilla – España | Technical Expert – GAFILAT
15:15-15:45 | Financing of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction – State of National Situation – Outlook in the Framework of the FATF Assessment
Patrick Michlig – España | Advisor – National Coordination to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
15:45-15:50 | Conclusions and acknowledgements
Silvina Rivarola – España | Director – Central Bank of the Argentine Republic
15:50-16:00 | Closing remarks
Santiago Bausili – España | President – Central Bank of the Argentine Republic