The Director General of SAMIFIN recently met with his Emirati counterpart, the Director General of the UAE Financial Intelligence Unit, an opportunity to discuss collaboration in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing.

Two key points were highlighted:
- sharing of skills and exchanges of best practices
- operational exchanges of information

As the 2021-2025 term of office of the current SAMIFIN CEO approaches, a call for applications is open through a transparent and impartial procedure, which already allows, from the beginning of the process, a self-selection of candidates.

This recruitment procedure for the Director General (DG) of SAMIFIN constitutes one of the guarantees of the independence of this organization. Indeed, the process by call for applications and pre-selection by a public-private Committee, before the final choice of the President of the Republic, is a guarantee of Good Governance.

The second day of JPBC 2025 was marked by the continuation of the research presentations, including three virtual presentations by researchers from Mahajanga, Gabon and Zambia. SAMIFIN - FIU Madagascar would like to warmly thank all the speakers and participants for their enriching contributions. Each of the works presented provided essential reflections for AML/CFT.

The University of Antananarivo hosted the second edition of the AML Prevention Day, a key event to address the major issues related to fraud and tax evasion. Organized by SAMIFIN in partnership with the three faculties of the University of Antananarivo #EGS, #FDSP, #FLSH, this event is funded by the European Union through the SecFin Africa project.

SAMIFIN hosted an IMF team as part of their mission on the diagnosis of Governance in Madagascar. This visit followed their mission in October 2024.