The (ECOWAS) Economic Community of West African States has stressed again how crucial it is to work with Interpol in order to stop the financing of terrorism and money laundering that plague West Africa.
When an Interpol team led by the Executive Director of Police Services, Stephen Kavanagh, visited him on Tuesday, Dr. Abdel-Fatau Musah, the ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace, and Security, informed them of this.
In a statement on Thursday, Musah emphasized the alliance and asked for reciprocity and a win-win situation between outside parties and ECOWAS in their combined fight against transnational organized crime.
Richard Gotwe, the director of the West Africa Police Information System Programme, added that more than half of the member nations had installed and were using the WAPIS system, which was in its operational phase at the national level.
For the full accomplishment of the project’s goals, Gotwe also urged the regional level to strengthen cooperation.
Kavanagh praised the ECOWAS Commission for its work in the region’s battle against terrorism, cybercrime, and unauthorized immigration and hailed Musah for his leadership in the WAPIS initiative.
