The national government has urged world leaders to reinforce international collaboration as part of attempts to successfully fight terrorism and drug trafficking in addition to other kinds of crimes.
This is as Nigeria expressed concerns over the incidence of illegal financial flows from developing to developed markets of the world.
These were parts of the positions presented by Nigeria at the continuing conference by the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, occurring in Vienna, Austria.
Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), who introduced Nigeria’s places on items 6C and 7 at the assembly as stating that while nations deepen cooperation and strengthen the procedures of combating the funding of terrorism and prevention of terrorists from benefitting from ransom obligations, it was important for them not to overlook the trafficking in illicit drugs.
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“It’s also critical to keep an eye on and restrain the proliferation of illegal traffic in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and other substances of abuse which serve as battle multipliers resulting in escalation of the extent and seriousness of violent activities.
“Nigeria is also concerned about the growing and existing links between terrorism and other forms of crime such as corruption, illegal financial flows, cash laundering, illicit trafficking in drugs, cybercrime, trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants,” Marwa said.
Delivering Nigeria’s statement on thing 6C on Wednesday, Marwa explained that as countries renew their desire to improve international collaboration to address all kinds of crimes,”Nigeria urges all states, once again, to make sincere attempts, to deal with the root causes, including; poverty, economic deprivation, inequality, drug abuse, and other socio-economic factors.
While presenting the nation’s announcement on item 7 Thursday, Marwa stated, “Nigeria notes with great concern that the incidence of illicit financial flows, which undergo the financial systems yearly, particularly from developing to developed economies.
“To dissuade the perpetrators of this anomaly, including financial institutions who act as enablers, state parties should ensure that illicit financial flows, even when monitored, don’t stay in the prosecution of enabling financial institutions but should be transferred into an escrow account, preferably in development banks impending return to countries of origin.
“In this regard, we call for the implementation of the recommendations of this FACTI panel in support of strong recovery and the agenda 2030 for sustainable development.”
