On Sunday, December 20, 2009, at 11:00am, the College of Law Students’ Club arranged a symposium titled: “Money Laundry … Camouflage Facts’ Origins”. The event took place in the Conference Hall at the Administration Building - Qatar University.

Mr. Mohamad al Muftah, and the Legal researcher Mrs. Nora Baher, from the “Financial Information Unit”- Qatar Central Bank, were the symposium two guests.

Miss Jawhara Al-Mulla, the Vice President of the LawC Students’ Club, introduced the guests and welcomed them.

After that, Mr. Mohamad made his brief presentation in which he highlighted the Money Laundry definition, and its various critical impacts.

Mrs. Baher started her presentation by thanking the college, the deans and the College of Law faculty members for their appreciated efforts. She mentioned that she was very proud when she received the invitation from the LawC club which she was one of its members when she was a law student.

Hence, she explained Qatar’s legislations that related to money laundry, and the international organizations which Qatar joined. Moreover, Mrs. Baher presented two case studies that enabled the attendants to understand money laundry complicated circumstances. 

The symposium was attended by Dr. Hassan Al-Sayed, dean of the LawC, Dr. Hassan El-Barrawy the Associate Dean of Students’ Affairs, some of the college faculty members, and some male and female law students.

The symposium was concluded by questions from the law students, which were replied by both guests with proper explanations.

The guests brought with them many copies of their Unit publications, the first was a book about the “National Committee of Combating Money Laundry and Terrorism Finance”, while the second was a “Report about Qatar’s Role regarding this crime in the Year 2008”.