The Action Group against Money Laundering in Central Africa, known as GABAC, is running a training programme in Brazzaville from 21 to 25 April for intelligence officers from member countries of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa, known as CEMAC, to strengthen operational capacity to fight money laundering, terrorist financing and the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Targeted at financial intelligence units and their National Financial Investigation Agencies, the programme is intended to bolster the technical and legal tools used to process suspicious transaction reports and to transmit more developed case files to judicial authorities that could support prosecutions. GABAC’s Permanent Secretary, André Kanga, referenced recent regional assessments that identified technical progress assessed as fairly good, which in turn led to a strategic priorities plan and the adoption of CEMAC community texts aimed at reinforcing the autonomy of the national agencies. Kanga also indicated that the training will be extended to judges and judicial police officers and forms part of the strategic plan adopted by CEMAC ministers in September 2024 in Libreville.
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Action Group against Money Laundering in Central Africa runs Brazzaville training to strengthen CEMAC financial intelligence capabilities
GABAC is conducting a training program in Brazzaville from 21 to 25 April for intelligence officers from CEMAC member countries to enhance their capacity to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing. The program aims to improve the technical and legal tools for processing suspicious transaction reports and is part of a strategic plan adopted by CEMAC ministers to reinforce national agency autonomy.