4 April 2024, Dakar - The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) provided the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) with IT equipment to boost the capacity of its anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) E-learning Platform. Dr. Amado Philip de Andrés, Regional Representative of UNODC Regional Office for West and Central Africa stated that “the support will help GIABA to be increasingly responsive to the special training needs of its member countries through fully equipped offline-based mobile training customized in various languages to raise awareness, promote, and train Member States AML/CFT officials and other stakeholders”.
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Mr. Edwin W. Harris Jr., Director General of GIABA expressed his gratitude to UNODC for this timely and very much needed support which “contributes to implementation of the capacity building component of the GIABA’s Priority Action Plan for the 2023-2027 for its Member States”. |
The significant quantity of equipment handover consists of 6 travel cases containing a large number of laptops, servers, access points, and headsets. This equipment is provided as part of the UNODC’s Global eLearning Programme, the Sahel Programme and the Global Programme Against Money-Laundering, Proceeds of Crime and the Financing of Terrorism (GPML).
