Category: AML – CFT NEWS
At Spaces for Change’s | S4C’s one-day capacity-building workshop held in Maiduguri, Borno State, leaders and executives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in north-east Nigeria deepened their understanding of the National Risk Assessment (NRA) of non-profit organizations (NPOs) in Nigeria. Whether or not NGOs are vulnerable to terrorism financing (TF) abuse has been a subject of […]
Following the successful completion of extensive data collection and analysis during the national terrorism-financing risk assessment for non-profit organizations (NPO) in Nigeria, the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCUML) convened a validation workshop to present the findings to stakeholders. The validation workshop was held exactly one year after the national risk assessment (NRA) of […]
Spaces for Change| S4C participated in the civil society consultation for West, East, and Central Africa held under the auspices of the United Nations Special Rapporteur’s “Global Study on the Impact of Counter-Terrorism Measures on Civil Society and Civic Space.”  S4C’s Legal Officer, Patrick Allam, is among the forty-five leaders and representatives of (45) civil […]
Spaces for Change | S4C attended the Special Meeting of the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee on “Countering the use of new and emerging technologies for terrorist purposes”, held in Mumbai and New Delhi, India, between October 28-30, 2022. This meeting was the climax of a series of high-level technical sessions regarding the increasing threats posed […]
Spaces for Change | S4C participated in Security Policy Alternative Network’s (SPAN’s) third annual conference held in Berlin, Germany, from October 18 to 20, 2022.  Over 30 participants from 15 countries came together to share contextual experiences and strategies for reclaiming the civic space shrinking as a result of rising authoritarianism, declining democracies, the impact […]
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is the global body that formulates standards used by countries combating money laundering (ML) and the financing of terrorism (FT). FATF’s 40+9 Recommendations and compliance mechanisms constitute a comprehensive set of measures to combat money laundering, counter-terrorism financing and facilitate cooperation between law enforcement authorities around the world. Recommendation […]
The paper sets out the position of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism on the human rights and rule of law implications of countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) measures implemented pursuant to international CFT norms and standards. The paper proceeds in […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Wednesday knocked commercial banks across the country for not promoting the e-Naira launched with fanfare by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), in October 2021. The apex bank also explained the operational benefits of its newly introduced eNaira to the public. Officials of the CBN took turns in Kaduna […]
The Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCUML) has commenced a terrorist financing assessment of non-profit organizations (NPOs) in Nigeria. This exercise is a key requirement in fulfilling Recommendation 8 of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards. The scheduled risk assessment is considered as a major response to the longstanding advocacy and pushback by […]
”In Uganda, this work is carried out by a network of CSOs led by the Defenders Protection Initiative (DPI). In Nigeria, a group is led by Spaces for Change (S4C). Beyond these two countries, there is a regional network of civil society leaders working to prevent overregulation of the nonprofit sector through domestic awareness-raising, collaborating […]
”In this article, Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri, Executive Director of Spaces for Change, walks us through the developments around shrinking space for civil society in Nigeria and how her NPO successfully organized civil society in engaging in the FATF process. In Nigeria, as elsewhere in the world, the drivers of shrinking civic space are not static. They […]
NFIU: Two Days Mutual Evaluation Training Workshop Organised by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) In Collaboration with the Inter-Ministerial Committee on AML/CFT