New Partners

NEW PARTNERS AND MEMORANDA of UNDERSTANDING

The aim of fostering partnerships includes:

 to join efforts for increasing the efficiency of efforts to fight transnational criminal organizations, terrorism and corruption;  to share legal and technical knowledge through workshops, symposiums, seminars and study tours, facilitate the exchange of personnel;  to promote continuous education;  to exchange information, strategies and training for preventing, regulating, investigating and prosecuting crimes and generally on criminal reforms and  to collaborate, and assist the respective governments in implementation of activities in combating transnational crimes.

AGA-Africa signed a number of new partnerships which will contribute to increase collaboration in the fight against transnational crime. They are as follows:

Judicial Training Institute – Kenya

AGA-Africa signed an MoU with Judicial Training Institute in April 2019 Kenya to expand their partnership in training of judges and magistrates. This was after successful advocacy meetings on 4th and 5th February, 2019.

Freedom Now Africa --Tulsa

AGA-Africa signed an MoU with Freedom Now Africa on 13th November 2019. This was aimed at strengthening their collaboration and cementing the partnership. It was also aimed at fostering international understanding and cooperation of a network of global support to combat transnational crimes across Africa.

Malawi Law Society (MLS)

A Memorandum of Understanding between the Malawi Law Society (MLS) and AGA-Africa was signed at the MLS offices on the 15th April 2019. The MoU is aimed at fostering collaborations aimed at stemming transnational crime in the region.

Financial Intelligence Authority - Malawi

AGA-Africa and the Financial Intelligence Authority signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 16th September 2019. This will foster international understanding as well as creating a platform for continued collaboration in the future.

Financial Intelligence Centre - South Africa

AGA-Africa was pleased to start a new partnership across Africa with the Financial Intelligence Centre (South Africa), in July 2019 to work jointly in capacity building, with a view to combating transnational crimes in South Africa. The partnership will be marked by training workshops and seminars towards knowledge exchange. The collaboration commenced in high gear with the first workshop on Transnational Crimes taking place from 24th to 26th of July 2019.

Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) - Uganda

On 3rd April 2019, at the close of the two-day Investigation and Prosecution of Money Laundering Crimes and Asset Recovery, AGA-Africa signed an MoU with the Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA). This would go a long way in cementing cooperation between the two in a bid to end the scourge that is transnational crime.

National Prosecution Authority (NPA) - Zambia

On 14th May 2019 AGA-Africa signed an MoU with the National Prosecution Authority represented. Through their Director, Fulata Lillian Shawa-Siyuni, NPA expressed their commitment to curbing transnational crime in all its form but noted that it cannot do it alone in the global environment. She expressed appreciation terming the partnership ‘a great step’ to build capacity in law enforcement and prosecution.

Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) - Zambia

A memorandum of understanding was signed between AGA-Africa and the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) on 12th August 2019 as part of efforts to bolster international understanding and cooperation of a network of global support to combat transnational crimes across Africa.

National Black Prosecutors Association (NBPA)

AGA-Africa signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Black Prosecutors Association (NBPA) on 16th July 2019 towards fostering international understanding and cooperation of a network of global support to combat transnational crimes across Africa. This will also increase the number of facilitators available to the programme.