Online Reporter
Emmanuel Kafe
CheckPoint Desk
A THREE-DAY capacity-building workshop on curbing illicit financial flows (IFFs) under the Common African Position on Asset Recovery (CAPAR) opened in Harare today, bringing together Zimbabwean anti-corruption practitioners, prosecutors, investigative journalists and officials from the African union Advisory Board Against Corruption (AUABC).
Welcoming participants, Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) Executive Secretary Advocate Shepherd Manhivi urged stronger, coordinated action against illicit financial flows, warning that the continent cannot afford further delays.
“We must approach the fight against IFFs with urgency. Our success in combating corruption depends on how effectively we act now,” he said.
Representing the African union Commission, Mr Issaka Garba Abdou, the head of the Governance and Human Rights Division in the Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security, stressed that the scale of illicit outflows continues to undermine Africa’s development prospects.
“IFFs are a huge drain on Africa’s resources and hinder key development issues,” he said, calling for deeper collaboration among state institutions and media.
The workshop aims to strengthen national capacity to identify, investigate and recover assets lost through corruption, in line with continental efforts to tighten financial integrity systems.
It runs until Thursday.
