African Union QUESTION 2: What are the main forms of money laundering prevalent in your country? What measures have been taken by your country to fight money laundering? With what success? Describe the measures (including institutions, legal provisions and regulations) to prevent, detect and punish corruption in the public sphere. Also assess and explain the effectiveness of these measures. In doing this you may wish to consider special laws and institutions on “money laundering,” which countries have in addition to anti-corruption laws and measures. These include the following preventive and criminal laws: Preventive measures against money laundering Anti money laundering legislation (some African countries have adopted international standards) Capacity and expertise of agencies to counter money laundering Regional cooperation on anti money laundering The following are examples of money laundering: Tax evasion Heist money Organized crime money (terrorists and drug traffickers) Fraud Embezzlements INDICATORS Case of reported money laundering Value of money laundering transactions reported Cases investigated, prosecuted and convicted of money laundering Objective 5: Accelerate and deepen regional integration in the monetary, trade and investment domain The harnessing and strengthening of inter-country economic complementarities is recognised as one of the pillars of economic growth. Therefore it is important that African countries design and implement policies that facilitate the deepening and acceleration of regional economic integration. QUESTION 1: What regional economic organizations is your country a member of and what are the advantages? Identify regional economic organisations, including trade, monetary and other groupings that aim at integration and harmonisation among their members (countries), which your country has joined INDICATORS Flows of intra regional trade Mobility of good and persons 37