NFIU receives over 60,000 suspicious transactions

NFIU receives over 60,000 suspicious transactions

EFCC establishes public complaints unit to enhance dispute resolution
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), Hafsat Bakari, yesterday, disclosed that the unit received over 60,000 suspicious transactions in 2023.

Bakari, who made this disclosure in Abuja at the NFIU-Law Enforcement Agencies Summit, added that the unit also received over 15 million currency transaction reports in the year under review.

However, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has established a Public Complaints (PC) desk at all its zonal directorates and the corporate headquarters.

According to Bakari, the volume of data that the NFIU receives and analyses is huge and will only continue to grow in the future as financial inclusion, decentralised finance and other emerging technologies shift transactions into the electronic space.

She explained,…
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