AML/CFT Nigeria Workshop: Summary of Workshop Proceedings

On June 20, 2019, Spaces for Change | S4C and the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing (SCUML) co-hosted a workshop dubbed Combating Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Risks in the Non-Profit Sector, with support from Open Society Foundations and Fund for Global Human Rights.

The workshop participants comprised a diverse mix of 62 participants from civil society organizations operating in the six regions of Nigeria, religious and faith-based organizations, officials of federal government ministries and agencies, intergovernmental bodies charged with the responsibility to regulate corporate oversight and combat economic and financial crimes such as the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Federal Ministry of Justice, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nigeria Financial Reporting Council, Federal Ministry of Economic Planning and the Intergovernmental Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA).