Ouagadougou: The General Directorate of Tourism (DGT) on Tuesday raised awareness among hoteliers, restaurateurs, travel operators and tourism in general, on their role and obligations in the fight against money laundering. capital, in order to dry up the financing of terrorism.
Tourism regulators led, Tuesday in Ouagadougou, reflection on the problem of the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
Organized by the General Directorate of Tourism (DGT), the framework of reflection made it possible, according to the first head of the structure, Monique Ouédraogo/Ilboudo, to exchange with tourism leaders, hoteliers, restaurateurs and travel operators on their role and obligations in the fight against money laundering.
For Ms. Ouedraogo, the meeting on Tuesday June 11, 2024, also aimed to popularize the legal and institutional framework for the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism among tourism and hotel industry stakeholders.
This, with the aim of putting in pla
ce systems capable of stemming money laundering in order to stifle the sources of financing of terrorism which is plaguing the sub-region, she indicated.
According to Kadré Sawadogo, director of regulation and control, 14 obligations govern the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
These include, among other things, the obligation of vigilance and control, the conservation of documentation and the declaration of suspicious behavior to the national financial information unit.
For Mr. Sawadogo, there are two types of taxable persons, namely those in the financial sector and those in the non-financial sector including hoteliers, restaurateurs and travel agencies.
‘Each of them must work to prevent their platform from being used for the purposes of money laundering and terrorist financing,’ he concluded.
Source: Burkina Information Agency