Reflections on historic NPF, CMB financial crimes

Organised by the University of Botswana, the Colloquium for Judicial Officers on Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Proliferation Financing held this week, proved just a perfect setting for national introspection of the anti-money laundering fight. Why not? After all, it gathered both male and female jurists in the same room, where financial intelligence experts, former spies and seasoned lawyers, law lecturers and public prosecutors from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and of course others.

As rare a moment as it was, the setting in one of Gaborone’s luxurious hotels situated in the Westgate Mall, was a true moment of introspection. From the speech made by President Duma Boko stressing the urgent need to curb corruption, his criticism of the ‘Butterfly’ case and misgivings eroded investor confidence to a former DPP prosecutor and former Director General of the Botswana Counter-Terrorism Analysis and Fusion Agency, Ernest Mosate stealing the show.