Banking Sector Collaboration is Needed to Tackle Nigerian Corruption

Tom Keatinge
Newsbrief, 2 December 2016
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, Africa

New approaches are needed to address Nigeria’s massive corruption problem. Engaging the banking sector, the key facilitator of the theft of the nation’s wealth in this struggle, should be an urgent priority.

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Tom Keatinge, Director, Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, RUSI

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