The Financial Intelligence Center (FIC), in a two-day workshop, trained other selected journalists on the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing and the consequences if the country failed to address it.
The program, which was held at the Alisa Hotel in Accra from Tuesday, July 5 to Wednesday, July 6, 2022, saw many journalists from a few media houses in Accra take part.
The organizers of the workshop were Mr. Seth Nana Amoako, Chief Financial Officer at the Financial Intelligence Center (FIC), Manasseh Azure Awuni, investigative journalist, and other FIC anti-terrorism finance activists.
Mr Seth Nana Amoakoh taught journalists about money laundering, terrorism and their funding and urged them to take an interest in writing attractive stories about the consequences of these crimes in order to gain public support.
Manase Azure, on the other hand, encouraged his colleagues to use investigative skills to obtain information on money laundering and terrorism and their funding.
He also urged journalists to use his best tactics to uncover stories that they may not have personally seen.
He also urged participants to take an active part in the program and to use the information they will receive at the end of the training.
“As honest journalists it is important that we use our investigative skills to address issues related to money laundering and terrorism and its funding.
“Such training is very helpful in carrying out our commission as journalists. I learned many things that I did not know. We therefore encourage all of us to participate in and learn from this very important program, ”said Manase Azure.
Money laundering is a financial activity that hides the ownership, source, and destination of illicit funds.
Terrorist financing, according to the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), also refers to the methods and methods used by terrorist organizations to finance their activities.
The Financial Intelligence Center (FIC) serves as the National Center for the Recognition and Analysis of Suspicious Reports and Other Information Related to Fraudulent Money Laundering, Funding for Terrorism, and Growth Funding (ML / TF & P), and the dissemination of effective intelligence to competent authorities.
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