The President of Network of Financial and Tax Reporters (NFTR) – Gambia Chapter, Monday, 25th November, 2019 off to Monrovia, Liberia, he was joined by a Senior Reporter of the GRTS – Suma. W. Jadama to attend a 3-day regional training on Investigative Reporting on Economic and Financial Crimes for Journalists.
The training will take place at the Central Bank of Liberia from 26th to 28th November, 2019.
The training was organized by Inter-governmental Action Group against money laundering in West Africa (GIABA) and funded by ECOWAS. The seminar seeks to train corporate and experienced journalists who will have a general knowledge of money laundering ML and Terrorist financing TF framework, Assist participants to produce reports and articles features of quality on anti-money laundering and counter financing of Terrorists (AML/CFT) issues, and improve the network of journalists who will disseminate factual information on ( AML/CFT )development in west Africa.
Prior his departure, Mr. Andouille Nyockeh, President of NFTR thanked the Financial Intelligence Unit of The Gambia for nominating him to partake in the regional training course. He said the training will broaden his knowledge on reporting on economic and financial crimes. And by extension, he also thanked the management of The Point newspaper for the support and encouragement given him.
He commended GIABA for organizing the training for journalists as it is extension knowledge in term building the capacity of journalists to better combat anti-money laundering and financing terrorist in the region.
About GIABA, he stated the intergovernmental Action Group against money laundering in West Africa (GIABA) is a specialized institution of the Economic community of West Africa states ECOWAS as well as financial Action task force styled regional body (FSRB) established by the Authority head of states and government of ECOWAS in the year 2000 with the mandate to protect the economics of members states from the laundering of the proceeds of crimes.
