EFCC, Interpol collaborate on trafficking, illicit financial flows

The EFCC and International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) have expressed determination to collaborate towards tackling Illicit Financial Flows (IFF) fraud, drug and human trafficking in Nigeria and across the globe.
The Anti-fraud organisations, supported by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), said this at the opening of the first INTERPOL/JICA workshop on financial crimes in Abuja on Monday.
Isaac Oginni, Director, INTERPOL Financial Crime and Anti-Corruption Centre (IFCACC), said that effective collaboration among nations would disrupt financial profit of criminal enterprise and reduce crime rate.
“Horrifying crimes such as drug trafficking, fraud and human trafficking can only be tackled effectively when we disrupt the financial profit behind the whole criminal enterprise.
“The National Central Bureau can only fully close the loop on your investigations, when we collectively follow the money trails across countries, and engage other international partners for assistance to recover them.
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together,” he said.
Oginni said that INTERPOL, together with the Japan International Cooperation Agency, developed the project to strengthen collaboration in the fight against the menace.
The Chairman of EFCC, Mr Ola Olukoyede, said no particular organisation, agency or country could fight the scourge of corruption and financial crimes alone.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Olukoyede was represented by Mr Francis Usani Director, Fraud Risk Assessment and Control Department of the EFCC.(NAN)