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GIABA organizes public lecture on AML/CFT for academia
01 Dec , 2011

The Inter-Governmental Group of Action against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) will hold a one-day Public Lecture on Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Nigeria on Thursday, December 1, 2011.

GIABA is organizing a Workshop for the Preparation of a National AML/CFT Strategy in Côte d’Ivoire
28 Nov - 30 Nov , 2011

The Intergovernmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) will be organizing, from 28^th - 30^th November 2011 in Abidjan, and in partnership with the Ministry of the Economy and Finance in Côte d’Ivoire, a workshop on the National Strategy to fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) for the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire.

GIABA Public statement 16 November 2011
16 Nov , 2011

The Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) has since 2007 been concerned about the identified significant weaknesses in the anti money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regime of the Republic of Sierra Leone.

GIABA, what for ?

• Development of Strategies to protect the economies of Member States from abuse and the laundering of the proceeds of crime;
• Improvement of measures and intensifying efforts to combat the laundering of proceeds of crime in West Africa;
• Strengthening co-operation amongst its members.

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