Stop the money before it disappears: EFCC faces a new challenge
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- Nigeria’s EFCC faces difficulty tracing government funds that move rapidly through multiple accounts and private companies.
- The commission is turning to 72-hour account freezes to act before money is converted into cryptocurrency or transferred abroad.
A government account is debited, the money moves through another account, then perhaps into a private company. Before investigators can respond, it may already have been converted into cryptocurrency or sent beyond Nigeria’s borders.
That fast-moving trail has created a new challenge for Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. By the time investigators react, the money may no longer be where the inquiry began.
The commission is responding with a new approach: 72-hour freezes designed to stop funds before they disappear.
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Originally published by Vanguard in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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