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Our Members

The Forum is a not-for-profit, apolitical and regional association of West Africa.

Membership of the Forum

Membership of the Forum is open to all the GIABA member states’ FIUs. The Forum also reserves the right to admit a non-GIABA member state FIU to be a member of the Forum in the achievement of its core mandates and objectives. The Forum is currently made up of 15 ECOWAS Member States and 2 non-ECOWAS Members.

Celestine Kponnon

President

CENTIF – Benin Republic

 

 

Aisata Idrissa

President

CENTIF – Burkina Faso

 

Antonio Sousa

President

UIF – Cabo Verde

 

 

Toure Idrissa

President

CENTIF – Cote I’voire

 

 

Alagie Darboe

Director

Financial Intelligence

Unit – The Gambia

 

Kwaku DUA

Director

Financial Intelligence

Centre – Ghana

Justino SA

President

CENTIF – Guinea Bissau

 

 

Mamady Sanfina Diakite

President

CENTIF – Guinea

 

Stanley S Ford

Director

Financial Intelligence

Unit of Liberia

 

 

Idrissa M Haidara

President

CENTIF – Mali

 

 

Taheer Hassane

President

CENTIF – Niger

 

 

Modibbo Tukur

CEO

Nigerian Financial

Intelligence Unit

 

Rodolfo Fernandes

President

UIF – São Tomé and

Príncipe

Ramatoulaye Agne

President

CENTIF – Senegal

 

David Borbor

Director

Financial Intelligence

Unit – SL

Aquitene T Bignossi

President

CENTIF – Togo

 

Hadidja Ali

DG

SRF – Comoros

 

Objectives of the Forum

  • To provide a platform enabling the FIUs in the ECOWAS region to strengthen their cooperation in the fight against money laundering and its predicate offences, the financing of terrorism and proliferation;
  • To facilitate and encourage the implementation of AML/CFT programs in the Member States;
  • To evaluate the effectiveness of the AML/CFT programmes in the member states.

Frequently Asked Questions

No. The Forum is not an FATF-style Regional Body

The Forum is currently made up of 15 ECOWAS Member States and 2 non-ECOWAS Members

Yes. The Forum seeks to build mutually beneficial and strategic partnerships with releveant global and local AML/CFT stakeholders.

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