WEST AFRICA REGIONAL MONEY LAUNDERING ORGANISATION STARTS WORK IN EARNEST
January 1st, 2007
BY ALAN OSBORNIT'S had a somewhat laborious beginning but at long last it seems that the West African regional body for fighting money laundering - formally known as the Groupe Inter-gouvernemental d'Action contre le Blanchiment en Afrique (GIABA) - is ready to begin operations in earnest. GIABA was established as long ago as December 1999 by the member countries of ECOWAS - the Economic Community Of West African States - which itself was founded by 15 countries in 1975. In a communiqué issued at its inception in Dakar, Senegal, GIABA's founding members ...
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