SMALL SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES FACE TOUGH OBSTACLES IN CREATING EFFECTIVE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING SYSTEMS
July 1st, 2011
BY LEAH GERMAIN and ALYSHAH HASHAM
THE SMALL West African country of Guinea Bissau has seen its share of bloody coups, and is known as a cocaine smuggling hub between Latin America and Europe. Continued lawlessness and corruption in the country helped forced the European Union (EU) to withdraw support from security sector reform in 2010. Its head of mission expressed sadness at not staying to complete planned reforms, noting "the continuous abuses of those who, against the most elementary respect for constitutional order...are constantly retarding the ...
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