Tuesday, 30 April 2013

GIABA Organizes 19th Plenary Meeting of Technical Commission in Accra


Dr Abdullahi Shehu
The Intergovernmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), will organize the 19th Plenary Meeting of its Technical Commission from 7 to 10 May 2013 in Accra, Ghana.

Monday, 17 December 2012

GIABA advocates revision of anti-money laundering measures

Dr. Abdullahi Shehu
Director-General of the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), Dr. Abdullahi Shehu, has stressed the need to revise the Anti-money Laundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) measures.

Thursday, 11 October 2012

Statement: NPP has worst record in money laundering



It is quite befuddling to hear the Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, talking so tough on the canker of corruption and how he and his NPP number-two government plans to tackle the menace.

Thursday, 23 August 2012

Francophone journalists to be sensitized on money laundering


The Intergovernmental Group of Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) is organizing from 29 to 30 August 2012 in Praia, Cape Verde, a sensitization workshop for journalists from Francophone and Lusophone ECOWAS.

Tuesday, 17 July 2012

US Senate reveals fraud at HSBC

HSBC provided a conduit in aiding "drug kingpins and rogue nations", according to a US Senate committee investigating money laundering claims at the bank.

Tuesday, 26 June 2012

GIABA sensitizes ECOWAS journalists on money laundering in Gambia


FROM: WILLIAM NANA YAW BEEKO, BANJUL, GAMBIA

The Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) will hold a sensitization seminar on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Financing of Terrorism (CFT) for journalists from English-speaking countries of West Africa between Thursday 28 June and Friday 29 June, 2012 in Banjul, The Gambia.

Wednesday, 6 June 2012

Fighting economic and financial crimes under the rule of law

A book presentation on ‘Strategies and Techniques of Prosecuting Economic and Financial Crimes,’ in Abuja, Nigeria, by Abdullahi Shehu Yibaikwal, Director-General, the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA).