designs strategies to reach them, involve them, engage them and
get them to own the fight against corruption and economic and
financial crimes. Other measures put in place to combat corruption are,
passage of the 2011 Anti-Money Laundering Prohibition Act which
addresses
observed loopholes in the 2004 Act especially as it
relates to Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) and the Special
Control Unit under Money laundering (SCUML), two arms which deal
with Designated and Non- Designated Financial Institutions (DFIs & DNFIs) respectively in Nigeria;
the EFCC leadership has exploited the full potentials derivable from
inter-agency cooperation and this has helped immensely by way of:
- greater synergy
- information sharing
- joint training
- joint investigation
trainings and competence Development of personnel have been used
consistently to equip the staff of the Commission on evolving trends in
crime detection, investigation, prosecution and security information
management, among others;
the measures adopted by the EFCC have enjoyed tremendous support
through institutional partnership and collaborations with blue-chip
companies like Microsoft which has gone into a couple of MOUs with the
Commission.
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