Nearly 300 Compliance and Risk Officers, financial experts of 27 nationalities, started this Wednesday in the Togolese capital, “The Great Meeting of Compliance and Risk Officers”, a major event in the world of finance in Africa”, noted a journalist from Agence Savoir News.

The meeting organized by Afrika Compliance Academy, is a major event since it will necessarily contribute to providing those involved in the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism in the Togolese landscape and elsewhere, a framework for continuing education, in order to comply with training obligations, in order to: ; avoid sanctions from supervisory authorities. This objective also meets the vision of Afrika Compliance Academy (ACA), which is a compliance training firm offering a wide range of services to help companies comply with laws, regulations and ethical standards, in other words, guarantee the integrity and compliance of businesses in a constantly changing world

An initiative welcomed by HAPLUCIA through the words of its president, Mr. Kimelabalou ABA who indicates: << I would like to welcome the initiative and express my gratitude to the president of the Afrika Compliance Academy (ACA) for having kindly associated the High Authority for the Prevention and Combating of Corruption and Similar Offences (HAPLUCIA)) & intensify; the organization of this major event. Allow me then, Mr. Minister, to express my heartfelt thanks to you for agreeing to honor with your presence and especially to personally preside over the opening ceremony of the work of this Great Meeting. Your effective presence in these places testifies to the particular interest and high-level commitment of the Government to conduct an effective fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism and thus contribute to the promotion of good governance and to the protection of the Togolese financial system as a whole. On behalf of my institution and on my own behalf, I wish all participants a warm and cordial welcome to the hospitable land of Togo and a pleasant stay in Lomé

Several themes will be addressed: “Actors and their roles in LCB/FT policies: Cross-perspective”, “Overview of the regulatory and institutional framework for compliance and risks in the UMOA”, “The intervention of the Risk Officer and the Compliance officer in the LCB/FT process”; “The KYC and the due diligence & raquo;, “Justice and financial offences: the case of LCB/FT