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The Intergovernmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) on Tuesday opened a three-day train-the-trainer workshop on risk-based supervision for the fight against money laundering and the fight against money laundering. Terrorist Financing (CFT). ) in west Africa.
The event will take place from August 20 to 23, 2019 at the Fiesta Royale Hotel, Accra, Ghana.
GIABA is a specialized agency of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as well as the Financial Action Group – Regional Style Organization (FSRB) charged with combating the the scourge of money laundering and terrorist financing in West Africa. .
GIABA was established by the authority of the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in 2000 with the mandate to protect the national economies and the Member States' financial systems against product abuse and laundering. crimes.
Speaking to the press, Mr. Muazu Umar, Director of Policy and Research, GIABA, said: "The workshop is needed to build the capacity of supervisors of banks, companies, and other organizations. insurance and stock exchanges in order to ensure that they adequately and efficiently supervise their entities.
He said that this had become necessary to ensure financial stability in the states of West Africa.
The Financial Stability Department (FSD), representing the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Mr. Joseph France, presented some safety tips on how ordinary citizens can notice money launderers.
"Our economy is still a monetary system and we are still trying to digitize it.The money launderers will not want their transactions going through the banking system.The real estate is a vulnerable area where a money launderer money can go and even give you one That means it will not want to go through the banking system easily.You identify these people and report them to the financial intelligence center, "he said.
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