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The Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) David N. Borbor presented the 3rd follow-up progress report of Sierra Leone to the 40th Technical Commission and Plenary.

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conference organized at the State House Conference Centre, Aso Villa in Abuja, Nigeria.

The conference is the 40th Technical Commission/ Plenary session and the 27th Ministerial Committee meeting.

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*FIU BOSS ATTENDS GIABA 40TH TECHNICAL COMMISSION/PLENARY MEETING IN ABUJA*

The Director, Financial Intelligence Unit in Sierra Leone David N. Bobor and other delegates from Sierra Leone participated in the Inter-Governmental Action Group Against Money Laundering (GIABA)

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Following cabinet approval for the drafting of a new Anti MoneyLaundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism Act ,the legal drafting committee spearheaded by the Financial Intelligence Unit has met with the Solicitor General and Parliamentary Counsel.

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*AML/CFT DRAFTING COMMITTEE MEETS WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL AND PARLIAMENTARY COUNSEL*
Guma Building,Freetown.Tuesday 10 th January 2023.

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The Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) David N. Borbor, together with the Manager, National Risk Assessment and outreach and the Manager Research Policy and Cooperation, participated at the 38th GIABA Technical Commission and Plenary in Saly, Senegal.

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High Level meeting of the Forum of FIUs in West Africa held in Abuja Nigeria. A key event of the program wash a panel discussion on Violent Extremism and terrorism/ Terrorist Financing in the region in which the Director FIU Sierra Leone took part.

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GIABA in collaboration with OCWAR-M organized a regional workshop on the roles and responsibilities of Inter-Ministerial Committees (IMCs)/National Coordination Committees (NCC) in AML/CFT&P in GIABA member States in Saly, Senegal from 31st October to 2‘d November 2022.

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@NyapuiSandelo @nib_ovp Congratulations dear

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*NEWS BRIEF‼️*

*NRA WORKING GROUPS TAKES STOCK OF PHASE TWO OF THE NATIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT AT THE FIU*

*FIU CONFERENCE ROOM, 6TH OCTOBER, 2022*

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The closing ceremony ended with the distribution of letters of appointment to working group chairs of eight assessment working groups who are expected to lead and conduct the second phase of the assessment which includes data collection,collation,analysis and report writing.

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The Director of the FIU Mr.David Borbor thanked all participants and hoped that the training workshop will help us conduct an analysis of AML/CFT risks and will help the country develop a new national strategy to mitigate our risks.

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It was an eventful closing ceremony yesterday which was climaxed by the distribution of certificates of appreciation to the international facilitators.

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Participants drawn from diverse institutions including the private sector expressed that their expectations especially to understand how to assess Sierra Leone‘s financial and non-financial system was met.

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The workshop was geared towards training participants on how to work with the tools provided to carry out the national risk assessment.
The ML/TF NRA tools included new modules in the areas of virtual assets, tax crimes and non-profit organisations and Terrorism Financing.

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FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT CONCLUDES FIVE DAYS NATIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT WORKSHOP
NEW BROOKFIELDS HOTEL,FREETOWN.
29th JULY 2022

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The FIU on a sensitisation on the preparedness of the Unit in relation to the upcoming 2nd National Risk Assessment.