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November 2021

GIABA Sensitizes West African Civil Society Stakeholders in Lomé

The Inter-governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) will hold a regional awareness-raising workshop on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in ECOWAS Member States, ....

November 2021

GIABA Expands the Frontier of the Fight against Money Laundering, Takes High-Level Advocacy to the National Authorities of Sao Tome and Principe

The Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) is an ECOWAS Specialised Institution responsible for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorist (AML/CFT) in West Africa. Sao Tome and Principe is one of the Non-ECOWAS members of GIABA. The DG of GIABA, Justice Kimelabalou ABA, led GIABA delegation to sensitise the national authorities of ....

October 2021

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST TO CONDUCT AN ASSESSMENT OF MONEY LAUNDERING, TERRORIST FINANCING AND ILLICIT FINANCIAL FLOWS LINKED TO MARITIME CRIMINALITY IN THE GULF OF GUINEA

BACKGROUND

The wider Gulf of Guinea, stretching from Cape Verde to Angola, is ....

October 2021

GIABA TO HOLD 4TH ANNUAL PUBLIC LECTURE ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING REGIMES IN NILE UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, FCT-ABUJA

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 the Nile University of Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria on Tuesday, November 2, 2021. The Public Lecture on AML/CFT, which will hold at 10am in the Nile University ....

September 2021

GIABA organizes a regional typologies workshop on money laundering and terrorism financing linked to cybercrime in member states

GIABA will be organizing a Regional Typologies Workshop on Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing linked to Cybercrime in Member States in Abidjan, Republic of Cote d’Ivoire, from 20th to 22nd September 2021.

This event has been designed for regional stakeholders in Anti-money Laundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) issues of the relevant competent ....

September 2021

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST TO CONDUCT AN ASSESSMENT OF MONEY LAUNDERING, TERRORIST FINANCING AND ILLICIT FINANCIAL FLOWS LINKED TO MARITIME CRIMINALITY IN THE GULF OF GUINEA

BACKGROUND

1. The wider Gulf of Guinea, stretching from Cape Verde to Angola, is a major transit hub and facilitator of the region’s rapid economic growth which has averaged 7 percent since 2012. The Gulf of Guinea has also become a hub for global energy supplies with significant quantities of all petroleum ....

July 2021

REQUEST FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE ECOWAS GENDER DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (EGDC) STRATEGIC PLAN (2022 – 2032)

Terms of Reference

I. BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT

1. ....

June 2021

GIABA to Improve Compliance in the Financial Sector through Training of Chief Compliance Officers on Sector-Based AML/CFT Measures

The Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) is organising a three-day Regional Workshop for Chief Compliance Officers of Financial Institutions/DNFBPs on Emerging ML/TF Issues in West Africa, from Monday, June 28 to Wednesday, June 30, 2021. The program would be hybrid, with participants attending both physically and ....

May 2021

GIABA HOLDS STATUTORY MEETINGS IN LOME

The Intergovernmental Action Group against Money in West Africa (GIABA) will be holding its statutory meetings in Lomé, Republic of Togo, from 16^th to 21^st Mai 2021.

The 35^thTechnical Commission/Plenary meeting of the Community Institution will be held in a hybrid mode (virtually and physically) from 16^th to 21^st May 2021. ....

April 2021

GIABA CONCLUDES INTER-SESSIONAL PLENARY MEETING, APRIL 23, 2021

The Inter-Sessional Plenary Meeting of the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) was held in Saly, Senegal, from April 22 to 23, 2021. The Evaluations and Compliance Group (ECG) met on Thursday, April 22, 2021, and the plenary held on April 23, 2021. The Chairman of the Technical Commission and Plenary, Mr. Kwaku DUA, Chief Executive ....

April 2021

RECRUITMENT OF AN EXPERT TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE CONDUCT OF MUTUAL EVALUATIONS OF GIABA MEMBER STATES

BACKGROUND

The Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), with its Secretariat located in Dakar, Senegal, (www.giaba.org) is a specialised institution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). GIABA is also a Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Style Regional Body (FSRB), committed ....

March 2021

GIABA Organises a Workshop to Strengthen Real Estate Businesses' Compliance with AML/CFT Measures

The Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) is organising a three-day workshop in Accra Ghana, to enhance compliance with anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) measures by real estate businesses. Real estate businesses are part of designated non-financial businesses and professions (DNFBPs), which have money laundering ....

March 2021

GIABA TO TRAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS ON FINANCIAL CRIMES INVESTIGATION

The Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), in partnership with the German Agency for Development Cooperation (GIZ), will organise a five-day Regional Workshop on Financial Investigation for Law Enforcement Agencies from West African countries in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire, from March 22 to 26, 2021.

The regional ....

February 2021

Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring - February 2021

Jurisdictions under increased monitoring are actively working with the FATF to address strategic deficiencies in their regimes to counter money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing. When the FATF places a jurisdiction under increased monitoring, it means the country has committed to resolve swiftly the identified strategic deficiencies within agreed ....

February 2021

CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST Individual national consultant to “EVALUATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2016-2020 GIABA STRATEGIC PLAN”

Reference: No. GIABA/PROC./CONS./2020/01/dln

Position: Individual national consultant to “EVALUATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2016-2020 GIABA STRATEGIC ....

February 2021

RECRUITMENT OF AN EXPERT TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE CONDUCT OF MUTUAL EVALUATIONS OF GIABA MEMBER STATES UNDER THE SECOND ROUND OF MUTUAL EVALUATIONS

BACKGROUND

February 2021

Project Administrative Officer

Within the framework of its Regional Strategy for the for Preventing and Responding to Sexual and Gender-based Violence, ECOWAS Gender Development Centre (EGDC) wishes to recruit candidates for the following donor-funded positions:

Job Title ....

December 2020

End of GIABA Statutory Meetings

The Statutory Meetings of the Intergovernmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) ended on 12^th December, 2020. During these meetings, the Director General (DG) of the Institution provided an update on the progress made and challenges being faced. He further advocated for increased support from all stakeholders.

GIABA’s 20^th ....

December 2020

GIABA Statutory Meetings and 20th Anniversary Celebration

The Intergovernmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) hold its 34^th Technical Commission/Plenary ....

October 2020

GIABA to research links between money laundering and maritime crime in Gulf of Guinea, Niger Delta

Dakar, Senegal, 9^th October 2020 – The Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) and the European Union (EU) have signed an agreement for research on how money laundering, terrorist financing and illicit financial flows are linked to maritime crime in the Gulf of Guinea and Nigeria’s Niger Delta. The EU has provided EUR 300,000 for ....

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