President
of Network of Financial and Tax Reporters (NFTR) Gambia chapter, today left
Banjul, to attend a three-day regional training on investigative reporting on
economic and financial crimes for journalists in Monrovia, Liberia.
Abdoulie
Nyockeh will be attending the training, which will be hosted at the Central
Bank of Liberia, from 26th to 28th November, alongside Suma. W. Jadama, senior
reporter at GRTS.
The
training is organized by the Intergovernmental Action Group against money
laundering in West Africa (GIABA) and funded by ECOWAS, targeting to train
corporate and experienced journalists who will have general knowledge on money
laundering and terrorist financing framework. It will assist participants to
produce reports and feature articles of quality on Anti-Money Laundering and
Counter Financing of Terrorists (AML/CFT) issues, and improve the network of
journalists who will disseminate factual information on AML/CFT development in
West Africa.
Mr.
Nyockeh thanked Gambia’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) for nominating him
to partake in the regional training course and the management of The Point
newspaper for the support and encouragement.
He
also commended GIABA for organizing the training for journalists, saying the
training aims to build the capacity of journalists to better combat anti-money
laundering and financing terrorist in the region.
According
to him, the Intergovernmental Action Group Against Money Laundering in West
Africa (GIABA) is an Ecowas specialized institution established by head of
states and governments of ECOWAS in
2000, with the mandate to protect the economics of member states from the
laundering of the proceeds of crimes.