Sierra Leone seeks better coordination to fight money laundering
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Sierraloaded
Sierra Leone’s Deputy Minister of Finance Isata Marah has called for stronger coordination between institutions to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism. A consolidated financial database is being considered to facilitate information-sharing and help detect suspicious transactions more quickly, Sierraloaded reports.
Sierra Leone’s Deputy Minister of Finance Isata Marah has called for better coordination among national institutions to combat illicit financial flows, money laundering and the financing of terrorism, the Sierra Leonean outlet Sierraloaded reports. She was speaking at the opening of a three-day meeting devoted to a project for a consolidated database on the issue.
The meeting was organised by Sierra Leone’s Financial Intelligence Agency with the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA). Participants are to consider how to bring together information currently scattered across the relevant institutions.
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