Money laundering and wildlife crime: Assessing the risk in Côte d'Ivoire

Success Story: Money laundering and wildlife crime: Assessing the risk in Côte d'Ivoire

Perpetrators of wildlife crime use sophisticated techniques to disguise and legitimize illicit profits. They exploit weaknesses in a country’s anti-money laundering controls to enable these proceeds to circulate undetected in the financial system. In Côte d’Ivoire, ICCWC worked to raise awareness about the scale of wildlife crime impacting the country and to identify the factors that may render the country attractive to money laundering activities. By understanding these vulnerabilities, steps can be taken to strengthen the financial system, and assist law enforcement authorities to better detect and disrupt illicit money flows generated from wildlife crime. ICCWC supported Côte d'Ivoire to develop an action plan to address these issues and will continue to support as it implements its new anti-money laundering and financial terrorism strategy.

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