A series of measures were announced by the President of Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara to combat money laundering and corruption.
These two scourges are plaguing the business sector in Côte d’Ivoire. The president places this fight at the heart of government priorities for the year 2025.
Alassane Ouattara intends to decisively and definitively clean up the economic and institutional sector of the country.
Corrupt people, corrupters and money launderers may begin to tremble in fear.
“Good governance, the fight against corruption and money laundering will be the subject of particular attention throughout 2025”affirmed the head of government.
State authorities are seeking to undertake actions that aim to strengthen transparency and improve regulation in essential economic sectors.
By this commitment we mean targeted repressive actions against individuals and criminal networks who are involved in these illicit practices.
The economic reputation of Côte d’Ivoire is not good since it appears on the gray list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a situation which highlights the country’s shortcomings in the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
Lacina Soumahoro, specialist in compliance and the fight against financial crime, explains in an interview with AFRIQUE SUR 7 that “the presence of Côte d’Ivoire on this list represents a message of the insufficiency of the efforts made so far to fight this scourge.”
Among the measures taken by the state, we note the strengthening of legal and institutional frameworks. There is talk of adopting new laws as well as revising existing systems, in order to better punish acts of corruption and money laundering.
