Journalists have been called upon
to collaborate with other organizations involved in the fight against money
laundering and terrorist financing to collectively ensure that appropriate
measures are taken against the twin crimes in a more harmonized and concerted
manner.
This is part of recommendations
contained in a communiqué issued at the
end of a 2-day interactive session for media executives and journalists in West
Africa organised by the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money
Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), held from April 27 – 28 in Dakar, Senegal.
According to the
communiqué, the 30 journalists and media executives from across the 15
member states of ECOWAS who attended
the seminar, recommended that media practitioners should collaborate with organizations
like Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - the global standard-setter for
measures to combat money laundering, terrorist and proliferation financing; GIABA – an arm of ECOWAS established to
fight money laundering and terrorist financing in West Africa, and similar
organizations at national level.
The recommended collaboration will help to devise a common
direction and means to articulate a more concerted regional approach to the
fight against money laundering and financing of terrorism to put a stop to the amount
of millions of dollars being laundered in the West African sub-region annually.
It was also recommended that journalists should frequently
visit the GIABA website (www.giaba.org) and of
FATF (http://www.fatf-gafi.org) to keep
themselves abreast with ML/FT issues.
“Journalists should undertake
investigative work on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Financing Terrorism
(AML/CFT) issues and ask all critical questions from authorities on suspicion
of money laundering and financing of terrorism activities,” the two-page
communiqué stated. “Capacity building
activities such as this training workshop should be held frequently at national
levels to broaden journalists’ understanding on AML/CFT regimes.”
The communiqué has it that the
media practitioners recommended that press organizations should have a
permanent desk on financial crimes. They
also recommended that a model of collaboration between GIABA and media
organizations be developed on reporting of AML/CFT efforts.
It was also recommended that journalists
should familiarize themselves with all the 21 predicate offences for money
laundering and terrorist financing, as well as uphold the ethics and principles
of journalism in all ramifications without fear or favour towards achieving
professionalism in order to safeguard the interest and work of journalists.
In the communiqué, the participants expressed firm conviction
that “if the issues raised in this communiqué are given serious attention by
all governments in the sub-region; the prospects of eliminating these evils
from our societies will be enhanced”.
They also expressed “sincere appreciation” to the management
and staff of GIABA for organizing the two-day interactive session a programme
dedicated to strengthening capacity to fight the menace of money laundering and
other financial crimes.
The Interactive Session was purposely held to build the capacity
of media practitioners and acquaint them which regional initiatives on AML/CFT
framework, especially the mandate of GIABA in its sustained efforts at combating
ML/TF in the West African region.
It also seeks to raise awareness on the ills of money
laundering and terrorist financing and the need to report on financial crimes;
as well as to provide documentation and research materials to assist
journalists in their reporting.
The training session, which
provided an opportunity for the fruitful exchange of ideas, has set the stage
for future fruitful collaboration between and among media practitioners.
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