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Egmont Group Helping African FIUs, But Hurdles Remain

By Colby Adams

Members of an intergovernmental group that shares information on money laundering and fraud are working to improve the financial intelligence units in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the organization's annual report. The initiative by the Toronto-based Egmont Group comes as the organization is set to accept financial intelligence units (FIUs) from Cameroon, Seychelles, Madagascar and Cote d'Ivoire as members, according to an Aug. 31 report by the organization. FIUs from Senegal and Malawi joined the organization in May. The Egmont Group, an informal association of FIUs, is now working to help establish financial intelligence agencies in Liberia, Ghana and the Republic...

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