The National Financial Information Processing Unit (CENTIF) has stepped up its efforts in the fight against money laundering in 2024. Members have included key figures in their latest published report.

They mentioned that the reporting activity of suspicious transactions (Dos) continued its upward trend in 2024. Indeed, they state, Centif received 928 suspicious transaction reports, compared to 807 in 2023, an increase of 15%. This demonstrates, according to them, a constant positive dynamic.

Better still, the number of cash transaction declarations (Dte) increased by 151% between 2023 and 2024, from 16,993,410 to 42,735,186. They argue that this increase in the number of Dte compared to the previous year confirms continued adoption of the system by taxable persons.

It is also indicated that between 2023 and 2024, the number of national information requests (Din) sent by Centif has seen a significant increase, going from 1,186 requests in 2023 to 2,172 in 2024, an increase of 83%.

Similarly, referrals to the prosecutor increased from 43 in 2023 to 46 in 2024, an increase of 7%. At the same time, it continues, the number of closed cases decreased from 70 to 45 in 2024, a decrease of 3.6%. This could reflect an improvement in the quality of initial information or greater precision in preliminary analyses.

In its 2024 activity report, Centif reviewed its mission. Its mission is to receive suspicious transaction reports (Dos) from persons subject to the Act under Law No. 2024-08 of February 14, 2024, on the fight against money laundering, the financing of terrorism, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

"It uses the powers assigned to it to analyze and enrich this information. When serious and consistent evidence of money laundering, terrorist financing, or the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is identified, it transmits the conclusions of its analysis to the Financial Public Prosecutor," it said.