The second launch of the project was held in Mombasa alongside the 16th Annual General Meeting and Conference of African Prosecutors’ Association (APA).
Kenya’s President H E William Ruto was the chief guest at the opening ceremony. Also present was the EU Ambassador to Kenya Her Excellency Henriette Geiger.
The conference brought together 40 African countries, with the participants drawn from the Africa Prosecutors Association (APA) member states and National Prosecution Authorities in Africa. The conference sought to strengthen collaboration and coordination towards effective cross border prosecution of transnational organised crimes.
Speaking on behalf of the EU, the Ambassador Geiger assured the African prosecutors present of the European’s Union’s support in fighting transnational organised crimes. As an EU fully funded project, our AML-CFT ESCAY project team assured national institutions across Africa represented in the gathering, of our commitment to strengthen their capacities to stop illicit financial flows generated by transnational organised crimes.
