WCO Launches Four-Week Mission to Strengthen Customs’ Anti-Money Laundering Operations
WCO Launches Four-Week Mission to Strengthen Customs’ Anti-Money Laundering Operations
WCO Launches Four-Week Mission to Strengthen Customs’ Anti-Money Laundering Operations
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is set to strengthen its capacity to detect and combat money laundering and terrorism financing as a United States-funded World Customs Organisation (WCO) mission begins a four-week programme to improve the agency’s financial crime detection capabilities.
The mission, which runs until November 13, will involve training Customs officers in Abuja and Lagos, visits to selected Customs formations and engagements with relevant agencies to enhance efforts to track and disrupt illicit financial flows across Nigeria’s borders.
The initiative is aimed at strengthening the capacity of Customs personnel to identify suspicious financial activities, improve intelligence gathering and enhance inter-agency cooperation in tackling financial crimes.
Through the programme, the WCO is expected to support efforts to close gaps in border monitoring and strengthen mechanisms for detecting the movement of illicit funds linked to money laundering and terrorism financing.
The engagement also underscores the importance of collaboration among Customs authorities, security agencies and other relevant institutions in addressing cross-border financial crimes and safeguarding Nigeria’s financial system.
The four-week mission is expected to contribute to improved operational capacity within the Nigeria Customs Service and reinforce national efforts to combat illicit financial flows and terrorism financing.
WCO Launches Four-Week Mission to Strengthen Customs’ Anti-Money Laundering Operations
