GIABA AND ECOWAS Gender Development Centre convene regional forum to combat human trafficking and transnational organized crime
The Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), in collaboration with the ECOWAS Gender Development Centre (EGDC), has officially opened a three-day Regional Forum on Women and Transnational Organized Crime: Human Trafficking Risks in West Africa. The forum, holding in Lagos, Nigeria from the 17th to 19th of December, 2025, brings together key stakeholders, law enforcement agencies, and financial intelligence units to address the growing complexities of human trafficking through a gender-responsive lens.