GIABA Restores Liberia’s Financial Intelligence Unit membership
GIABA Restores Liberia’s Financial Intelligence Unit membership
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MONROVIA – The Financial Intelligence Unit of Liberia appreciates the Inter- Governmental Action Group Against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) for restoring Liberia downgraded status over the period of one year. The decision was reached during the just ended 34
th Plenary, held in Somone, Senegal from December 4-14, 2020.
The decision taken by the regional body on Liberia was due to the country’s progress in addressing some of the deficiencies in its Anti-Money Laundering regime. The Technical Committee recognizes the tremendous progress made by Liberia from November 2019 to present in solving some of the deficiencies in its Anti-Money Laundering regime.
With the exit of Liberia from the enhanced expedited reporting process, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of Liberia has announced Liberia’s automatic removal from its previous downgraded status by the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in West Africa (GIABA).
GIABA is a specialized institution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) responsible to facilitate the adoption and implementation of anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) measures.
The decision taken by GIABA’s regional body on Liberia, according to a press statement from the FIU, was due to the country’s progress in addressing some of the deficiencies in its Anti-Money Laundering regime.