Illicit financial flows: the mission of the working group soon in Libreville

The National Commission for Combating Corruption and Illicit Enrichment (CNLCEI) was in conclave with representatives of the ministries of the Economy, Oil, Mines, Environment and those of civil society, last Wednesday, 26 October. It was therefore a question of Nestor Mbou and his guests to prepare for the arrival of the mission of the Working Group on Illicit Financial Flows (IFF), financial resources obtained, but transferred or used illegally beyond the borders of a country, which cause loss to Africa 100 billion dollars every year.

The president of the CNLCEI, from the beginning, made it clear that this mission composed, among others, of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Union Commission (AU) and the African Administration Forum (Ataf) will aim to follow up on the work related to the pilot project for the evaluation of illicit financial flows in Gabon. “Like many African countries, Gabon is the victim of the massive outflow of unjustified financial resources.

We are therefore committed to supporting the country in developing a large-scale program, which will allow it to effectively combat these flows, “said Jules Rommel Touka, ECA consultant. Representing civil society, Pépécy Ogouliguendé praised the transparency efforts in ‘inclusion of the process, which translates into the involvement of various actors by the CNLCEI: “The role of civil society is, in particular, to ensure that the government can respond to the priority needs of the populations, thanks to the resources thus captured”, claimed.

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Libreville / Gabon