In July 2024, 40 law enforcement officers from 29 African Union member countries participated in two preparatory courses, supported by the GLACY-e project and jointly organised by INTERPOL and AFRIPOL.
The activities were held in two of the INTERPOL Regional Bureaus in Africa – Harare, Zimbabwe (1-4 July) and Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (9-12 July), and were supported by the INTERPOL Support Programme for the African Union (ISPA) and the GLACY-e joint European Union – Council of Europe project. In the delivery of the training courses, the moderators from INTERPOL’s Financial Crimes and Anti-Corruption Center (IFCACC) were complemented by experts from AFRIPOL, the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), and the financial intelligence units and public prosecutors of the two host countries.
This co-operation is a response to the increasing complexity of parallel financial investigation in cybercrime cases, driven by the ever-growing volume of transactional data from large-scale cyber-enabled fraud using cryptocurrency and other new payment platforms. The training focused on modus operandi of financial crimes, anti-money laundering regulations, intelligence co-operation, and simulated exercises.
The GLACY-e Project will continue fostering collaboration among regional law enforcement, cybersecurity experts and financial investigators. This ongoing partnership aims to significantly improve the detection, investigation, and deterrence of cybercrime networks.
INTERPOL Support Programme for the African Union