01030nam a2200133 4500 COMESA COMESA’s Programme Helping States Combat Money Laundering Madagascar COMESA 2016 2p. The article talks about efforts by COMESA to curb money laundering as well as terrorist financing through assisting its member states to strengthen the analytical capacity of their Financial Intelligence Units. This is being done through capacity building initiatives and provision of hardware and software. The aim is to boost financial security access system and surveillance. The initiative is being implemented by COMESA under the Maritime Security (MASE) regional programme which is financed by the European Union through the 10 European Development Fund (EDF 11). The MASE programme aims at fighting against money laundering and financial crimes in the region. Money laundering, Terrorist Financing iffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/COMESA.pdf NA 753 753