Capacity Building 2019
2019
The Financial Intelligence Centre trained/engaged 937 stakeholders during the period under review. Accountable Institutions such as forex bureaus, insurance companies, market operators, selected Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions (DNFBPs), and some telecommunication companies were trained. The training sessions were aimed at creating awareness and deepening participants' understanding of AML/CFT issues as well as their reporting obligations under Act 749, as amended.
The topics covered in the training programmes included Know Your Customer/Customer Due Diligence (KYC/CDD) measures and emerging trends in Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing.
At the same workshop, the FIC took the opportunity to register two (2) DNFBPs on the goAML software — the reporting portal for the submission of Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) and Cash Transaction Reports (CTRs).
The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) and the Ghana Police Service were also engaged on the Anti-Money Laundering compliance regime and on conducting parallel financial investigations when investigating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing cases.