This was the third and final launch of the project, hosting the Heads of Asset Recovery Agencies from across Africa.
The Minister for Financial Services and Good Governance for Mauritius, Honourable Mahen Kumar Seeruttun gave the welcoming remarks to officially open the meeting. Present at the meeting was the EU Ambassador to Mauritius, His Excellency Vincent Degert, as well as the presidents of the Asset Recovery Inter Agency Networks for east and southern Africa; Ms Lilian Kafiti and Ms Carine Charlette-Katinic respectively.
The AML-CFT ESCAY team leader Frederic Bayard presented the new project, its objectives and aspirations to the directors of asset recovery agencies gathered in Mauritius and assured participants of the EU’s commitment to supporting Africa in fighting organised crimes and threats to financial systems stability.
As with the other two launch workshops, this meeting provided an opportunity for the Asset recovery agency heads to exchange on bilateral and multilateral interests, discuss areas of common interests and of technical cooperation of the represented countries. It also provided the opportunity for the heads to form an informal channel of communication, enabling them to easily reach out to each other and work together.
