EFCC Press Release
A week long international capacity
building programme for Anti-Corruption and Asset Recovery Authorities in West
Africa Region, is schedule to hold at the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC Academy, Karu Abuja
between October 7 to 12 , 2013.
The programme is expected to draw
about fifty (50) participants from nine Central Africa countries and 16 from West Africa. Thirteen of these countries are French
speaking while six are English speaking countries. Four speak Portuguese and
Arabic, while Spanish and Sango represent one each.
Fourteen topics are expected to be
covered by Panel of experts from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
(UNODC), INTERPOL and the EFCC, during the week long programme.
The topics include: Anti-Corruption Legislations,
policies and Practices in Africa Countries; Abuse of Official Position/Public
Office to Gain Illegally: A common Denominator in Corruption (Challenges in
successful investigation and prosecution of such cases); Public Officials in
Possession of Assets Disproportionate to known source of income: A common
Denominator in Corruption (Challenges in successful investigation and
prosecution) and Legal Challenges in Investigating Supply-side Corruption.
Other topics to be covered include:
Corruption in the Financial Sector, Challenges in successful investigation and
Prosecution; Scope of Corruption in Contracting and Procurement; Roles of
Independent Public Institutions Acting As Auditor and Controller of Public
Resources in unearthing Grand Corruption; Detection, Investigation and
Prosecution of Corruption in Exploitation of Natural Resources; Corruption and
the Exploitation of Marine Resources in African Countries and Computer Forensic
and Mobile Forensics.
Four topics that will be covered on
Friday, October 20th include: Formal Legal Assistance (MLA) and its
requirements; issues in MLA and Extradition of Fugitive: Case involving Africa
Countries and Recovery and Reparation of Forfeited Assets: Case Studies and
Role of Interpol- Star in International Asset Recovery.
Wilson
Uwujaren
Ag. Head, Media and Publicity
3rd September, 2013
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