The Government Director of the Intergovernmental Motion Group in opposition to Cash Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), Edwin Harris, has referred to as for efficient coordination, capability constructing, and mutual analysis as key parts of combating cash laundering and monetary crimes throughout Africa.
By: Emmanuel Smart Jipoh
Harbel, Margibi County, November 21, 2025: Addressing the opening of the forty fourth plenary session of GIABA, held on the Farmington Lodge, Harris, pledged GIABA commitments to aiding member states in strengthening institutional frameworks, growing risk-based approaches, and making certain alignment with worldwide AML/CFT requirements, as frantic efforts to deal with cash laundering, terrorist financing, and crimes throughout the area.
Harris assures GIABA of commitments to securing regional peace and safety, reflecting on the establishment’s 25 years of expertise on the forefront of efforts to deal with these evolving threats.
He recommended member states for the numerous reforms undertaken to boost compliance and effectiveness as a part of their preparation for the continued third spherical of mutual analysis.
“We sit up for Member States deepening home cooperation and inter-agency trade of knowledge, information, and expertise as one means of getting a powerful, coordinated nationwide entrance,” Harris stated.
For his half, President Joseph Boakai highlights Liberia’s efforts to strengthen the combat in opposition to cash laundering and terrorist financing.
The Liberian chief talked about actions taken by his administration, together with a legislative strategy, stronger enforcement mechanisms, coordination amongst companies, and an intensified response to drug-related actions affecting communities, amongst others, as a part of strengthening Liberia’s Anti-Cash Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) framework.
He burdened the position of the Monetary Intelligence Company (FIA) in Liberia’s reform efforts, noting that the company continues to obtain help to make sure it operates with the wanted independence, sources, and technical capability.
For his half, Mohammed Nasser, nationwide correspondent and director normal of the Monetary Intelligence Company of Liberia, describes the forty fourth GIABA plenary session as important to reforms and tackling cash laundering.
He describes the engagements as invaluable, offering perception, steerage, and peer help.
In the meantime, the summit brings collectively representatives from member states to guage regional efforts and strengthen technical measures in opposition to cash laundering and terrorist financing.-Edited by Othello B. Garblah.
