Inauguration of a Training Course on the Risks of Terrorist Financing and Money Laundering
Nouakchott
A training course organized in cooperation between the Ministry of Defence, Retirees and Martyrs’ Children and the Islamic Military Counter-Terrorism Coalition in the Sahel on the risks of terrorist financing and money laundering began Tuesday morning in Nouakchott.
The three-day course, organized as part of the training program to be implemented by the Islamic Counter-Terrorism Coalition in Mauritania, aims to familiarize participants with the latest methods used in combating the financing of terrorism and money laundering and the dangers of this phenomenon to security and stability in the world in general and the Sahel region in particular.
Executives from the Ministries of Justice, Economy and Finance as well as members of the National Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Committee will participate in the course.
The Secretary-General of the Ministry of Defense, Retirees and Children of Martyrs Affairs, Major General Saidou Samba Dia, confirmed in a speech on behalf of the Minister of Defense, Retirees and Children of Martyrs Affairs that this session comes within the framework of the Islamic Military Coalition to Combat Terrorism program to be implemented in Mauritania, which was launched by the Minister of Defense, Retirees and Children of Martyrs Affairs on December 2, 2024 in Nouakchott on the occasion of organizing a seminar on the role of the media in combating terrorism.
The Secretary-General of the Ministry also expressed his thanks and gratitude to all cadres and workers of the Islamic Military Counter-Terrorism Coalition for organizing this first session of its kind outside the headquarters of this body, which once again indicates the level of cooperation and mutual trust existing between the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and the Islamic Military Counter-Terrorism Coalition.
For his part, Mr. Abdullah Al-Medigher, Director of the Department of Combating the Financing of Terrorism in the Islamic Military Counter-Terrorism Coalition Program, thanked the Ministry of Defense, Retirees and Children’s Affairs for its cooperation, sponsorship and support for this program aimed at contributing to the efforts exerted to combat terrorism in the Sahel countries.
He added that the coalition chose Mauritania to host the events organized within the framework of this program due to the importance of the atmosphere of security, stability and safety that it enjoys, praise be to God, and the leading role it plays in the Sahel region, noting that the coalition’s program includes many seminars and training courses aimed at building all capacities related to combating terrorism and money laundering and drying up the sources of terrorist financing in member states.
The participants in the work of this session watched a documentary film about the establishment of the Alliance 2015, its objectives, the member states that announced their accession to the alliance, which numbered so far, and the agreements signed between the Union and partners, organizations and similar bodies.