Podcast with Atuweni Agbermodji on IWT

Podcast: Illegal Wildlife Trade: Not Just a Talking Point, The Suspicious Transaction Report Podcast (online), 15 February 2021

It was pure joy to record this podcast with Atuweni Juwayeyi-Agbermodji, ex-DG of the FIA in Malawi and current UNODC superstar ⭐️

This season is all about ‘policy into practice’: what is it actually like to take AML/CFT standards and turn them into action on the ground? It's no secret the rules of the game are rarely decided in lesser developed economies.

During Atuweni's time, the FIA juggled the fall out of a major national corruption scandal, huge resource constraints, a total revamp of the financial crimes act... and yet somehow still found the time to financially investigate some wildlife trafficking cases.

This is a timely discussion, given this summer the FATF will evaluate how countries and the private sector have applied the recommendations of their June 2020 IWT paper.

Download here: https://rusi.org/podcasts/suspicious-transaction-report/episode-4-illegal-wildlife-trade-not-just-talking-point

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