The National Office for the Fight against Human Trafficking (BNLTEH) and the Financial Intelligence Unit of Madagascar (SAMIFIN), represented by the Executive Secretary, Mr. Éric RAMAHANDRISOA and the Director General, Mr. Mamitiana RAJAONARISON, signed a memorandum of understanding, on 10th June 2024.

At the end of the training of 45 Malagasy and Angolan evaluators, the closing of which was held at the Ibis hotel on Saturday June 8, 2024 at 1 p.m., the Director General of SAMIFIN, Mr. Mamitiana Rajaonarison warmly congratulated the participants who demonstrated willpower and perseverance to complete the training and receive the certificates confirming this 5-day course.

Madagascar is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, leading to pressure to illegally export its precious resources, including timber, tortoises, lemurs and medicinal plants. 

Other West Indian Ocean countries, given their dispersed geography and location, face major threats from illegal trade of their natural resources, coupled with illegal drug trade convergence using similar smuggling routes. 

Two experts from the ONUDC, Mr Nyanga Camara and Mr Ahmed Mumtaz Khan Zayeem are in Madagascar for 10days (15 to 26 april 2024) to deliver a training towards SAMIFIN employees about the using of GoAML. GoAML is an innovant tool used for analysis collect and information sharing between the national and international entities. The IT and analysts attend this formation to improve their capacities of using this tool.