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NGO to train 16,000 pupils in drug abuse prevention

Punch Newspapers Sections Afeez Hanafi A non-governmental organisation, the Global Initiative on Substance Abuse, is set to train 16,000 secondary pupils in Lagos State alongside their teachers and parents this year. The programme, according to GISA, is another phase of training after over 400 practitioners in Nigeria were trained in evidence-based drug and substance abuse prevention. The number comprised 40 national trainers, 295 practitioners, 34 school-based prevention specialists, and 33 workplace prevention, management and policy specialists drawn from different professions and organisations. The Founder and Executive Director of GISA, Dr. Martin Agwogie, disclosed these in a statement to mark the 2nd anniversary of the commencement of the Universal Prevention Curriculum for substance use disorders in Nigeria.

Chinese firms involved in money laundering racket face the music in Tanzania

Highlights The Bank of Tanzania took over the operations of CCB on November 19, 2020, quoting the failure of the Chinese bank to meet regulatory requirements The actual reason for this take over was the unexplainable discrepancy in the CCB’s accounts, found during an audit conducted by the BoT The Bank had shown cash of Tanzanian Shilling 20bn and Chinese Yuan 2 mn in their possession on papers, whereas actually, they were having cash of Tanzanian Shilling 250 billion and Chinese Yuan 20 million. New Delhi: Chinese involvement in money laundering has been growing lately, with an apparent shift in its money laundering schemes to underdeveloped inland regions. At least 8 Chinese companies, working on various development projects in Tanzania, were found involved in money laundering activities by the Tanzanian authorities. 

Fighting Drug Trafficking in Liberia and Other African Nations

Fighting Drug Trafficking in Liberia and Other African Nations December 23, 2020 share Print Heroin and cocaine traffickers from Asia and South America take advantage of Sub-Saharan Africa’s limited infrastructure allowing narcotics to flow over borders undetected. Embed share The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:03:37 0:00 Pop-out player Heroin and cocaine traffickers from Asia and South America take advantage of Sub-Saharan Africa’s limited infrastructure allowing narcotics to flow over borders undetected. More cocaine was seized in Guinea-Bissau and Cabo Verde in the first three months of 2019 than the total seized in the entire African continent between 2013 and 2016. The US Government is helping to combat this growing menace with donations of tactical equipment and other technology to security forces and law enforcement in Liberia. Recently, the Liberian Drug Enforcement Agency, or, LDEA, received uniforms, boots, handcuffs, laptops, printers and oth

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