The Special Control Unit against Money Laundering,
SCUML and SecFin Africa have resolved to strengthen their collaboration towards
effective enforcement of Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of
Terrorism (AML/CFT) laws in Nigeria.
This resolve came in Abuja on
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 when SCUML’s Acting Director,
Deputy Commander of the EFCC, DCE Harry Tope Erin received
a delegation from SecFin Africa who is on a scoping mission to agencies saddled
with the responsibility of supervising and enforcing AML/CFT laws in
Nigeria.
The coordinator for West Africa hub of SecFin
Africa, Stephanie Berthoneau, in her remark, said that
“SecFin Africa project is a classical AML/CFT project funded by the European
Union and supported by France and Germany. The project is aimed at supporting
African countries to prevent and combat Illicit Financial Flows IFFs with a
goal to increase domestic stability”
She said that the meeting was to understand and
explore AML/CFT in Nigeria and challenges facing the various agencies.
Erin acknowledged the importance of the mission
which he said was to strengthen Nigeria’s AML/CFT regime, noting that
SCUML is committed and open to collaboration. He went on to give an
overview of SCUML, its mandate and current initiatives which include but are
not limited to building solutions for operation and intelligence- driven
compliance monitoring. He further noted the areas where the Unit can benefit
from the SecFin project which include capacity building , integration and
consolidation of SCUML’s infrastructure amongst others.
SecFin Africa with its objective to secure a robust
AML/CFT framework against illicit financial flows in Sub-Saharan African
countries has a 48-month life span from 2024-2028.
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