GIZ has trained several national stakeholders to counter the movement of illicit minerals, terrorist financing and money laundering, as well as illicit financial flows, within the Artisanal Smallscale Miners sector of Liberia. The joint training of national stakeholders is part of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) due diligence guidance for responsible minerals supply chains and EU conflict minerals regulations, terrorist financing, money laundering, and illicit financial flows. The issue of smuggling of gold and diamond was high on the discussion, with emphasis on how to handle the movement of those minerals before it falls into the hands of terrorists. Liberia is a mineral-rich country, especially gold and diamond, but the proliferation of mining activities, coupled with illicit mining has made most of the minerals to be smuggled out of the country. This EU-funded training, which is being implemented by GIZ, was held in partnership with Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA), the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME), LIS, LNP, German Corporation, and the Mano River Union (MRU).
