Cooperation
Working together for financial integrity
GIABA relies on a network of regional and international institutions that support its mission: mutual evaluations, technical assistance, training and research. Together, we are strengthening the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing in West Africa.
Our network in figures
2000
GIABA established by the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government
17
Observer organisations supporting our work
2010
GIABA becomes an Associate Member of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO)
Regional Securities Exchange (BRVM)
West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)
West African Development Bank (BOAD)
WAMU Financial Markets Authority (formerly CREPMF)
African Development Bank (AfDB)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
World Bank
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
Interpol
World Customs Organization (WCO)
Commonwealth Secretariat
European Union
Egmont Group
Our Member States
17 countries united against financial crime
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo share a common commitment to transparent and secure financial systems.
“Together for a West Africa free from financial crime”
