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Technical Assistance Needs Assessment 
In late 2007, as part of its central mandate to help reduce the incidence of Money
Laundering in the ECOWAS States, GIABA undertook a comprehensive evaluation of
each Member State’s capacity to cope with the new phenomenon and to effectively
counter the illicit laundering of dirty money, a practice which undermines the
economic and financial growth and the social stability of countries where the
practice takes root. It also sought to provide insight into the possible “Financing
of Terrorism” in these States. This evaluation of each country’s readiness and
ability to face these threats was labelled the “Technical Assistance Needs Assessment”,
or TANA exercise.
