Fight against corruption | Senegal sets up a new financial judicial center

A new financial judicial center has been set up by the Senegalese justice system. It was inaugurated on Tuesday, September 17 at the Dakar courthouse. Objective: to fight against corruption, money laundering and the misappropriation of public funds. A body promised by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye

The Senegalese Minister of Justice, Ousmane Diagne, officially installed a Financial Judicial Pool (PJF) in Dakar on Tuesday, a jurisdiction with national jurisdiction created within the high court of the Dakar Court of Appeal and intended to punish economic and financial offences.

Speaking at the ceremony, Ousmane Diagne said that the establishment of the PJF was “a response to the many challenges posed by the citizen demand for accountability, the globalization of the economy, rapid capital flows, and the development of information and communication technologies.”

The multiple criminal networks that know no borders and can only be dismantled by appropriate judicial mechanisms are also targeted by the PJF. The latter, even if it does not replace the Court for the Repression of Illicit Enrichment (CREI), aims to be more innovative and more in line with current requirements, added Ousmane Diagne.

Thus, the PJF joins several institutions exercising similar functions, such as the Court of Auditors, the General State Inspectorate, the National Office for the Fight against Fraud and Corruption as well as the National Cell for the Processing of Financial Information. Ousmane Diagne stressed that all these structures served to “fight against acts of prevarication” and to “establish ethical and exemplary governance”.

The entry into operation of the Financial Judicial Pool marks a decisive turning point for Senegalese justice. As a specialized jurisdiction, it will now be able to handle complex cases more efficiently and respond to the growing sophistication of financial crimes. The establishment of this system resonates as a response to the recommendations of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) and the FATF (Financial Action Task Force), aimed at aligning the national legislative framework with international standards.

Here is the complete list of the 27 members of the Financial Judicial Pool:

For members of the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the High Court of Dakar:

Mr. El Hadji Alioune Abdoulaye Sylla, Financial Public Prosecutor;
Mr. Ablaye Diouf, Deputy Financial Public Prosecutor;
Mr. Ibrahima Faye, Deputy Financial Public Prosecutor;
Mr. Harouna Sow, Deputy Financial Public Prosecutor.

For the members of the College of Investigating Judges at the High Court of Dakar: Mr. Idrissa Diarra, President of the College of Financial Investigating Judges;
Mr. Massaer Sarr, Financial Examining Judge;
Mr. Babacar Diop, Financial Examining Judge;
Mr. Mouhamadou Ndéné Ndir, Financial Examining Judge;
Mr. Moustapha Fall, Financial Examining Judge;
Mrs. Nelly Secko Dieng, Financial Examining Judge.

For the Financial Judgment Chamber at the High Court of Dakar:
Mr. Papa Mohamed Diop, President of the Financial Judgment Chamber;
Mr. Mamadou Yakham Keïta, member;
Mr. Mor Lo, member;
Mr. Ousseynou Sy, member;
Mr. Ngor Diop, member;
Mrs. Aissétou Kanté Faye, member.

For the Financial Indictment Chamber of the Dakar Court of Appeal:
Mr. Mamady Diane, President of the Chamber
Financial Accusation;
Mr. Alioune Sall, member;
Mr. Tahir Ka, member;
Mr. Abdoul Aziz Baro, member;
Mr. Samba Ndiaye, member;
Mrs. Adji Mame Bousso Guèye member.

For the Financial Appeals Chamber of the Dakar Court of Appeal:
Mrs. Anta Ndiaye Diop, President of the Financial Appeals Chamber;
Mr. Mamadou Diallo, member;
Mr. Thierno Niang, member;
Mrs. Fatou Binetou Cissokho, member;
Mr. Fall Babacar Sy, member.

By The editorial staffEditorial Committee – Casablanca