The National Agency for Financial Investigation (Anif) opened a four-day training workshop on August 23 in Brazzaville to raise awareness among managers of microfinance establishments, funds transfer companies and exchange offices on money laundering. capital and the financing of terrorism.

Credit and micro finance institutions, insurance companies, exchange offices, funds transfer companies, fixed capital investment companies are gathered for 4 days of training. This meeting is extended to non-financial businesses and professions, such as casinos, real estate agents, real estate brokers; dealers in precious metals, precious stones; lawyers, notaries and accountants. Until August 26, participants will acquire new knowledge on money laundering, the financing of terrorism, the proliferation of small arms, which will allow them not only to avoid practicing the phenomenon, but above all to be more seasoned. in the exercise of their professional activities. The training aims to foster understanding of the risks in order to strengthen the reporting regime for financial transactions deemed suspicious. It will involve a practical discussion of risk indicators and typologies that can be used by reporting entities in the detection and reporting of suspicious financial activities. The objective is to improve understanding of the risks within the declaring entities with a view to developing warning indicators to enrich the reports of declarations of all suspicious financial transactions with the Anif financial intelligence unit.