Gambia
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ECOWAS
November 01, 1998 – The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) declared a moratorium on the import, export and manufacture of light weapons. The Moratorium applies to pistols, rifles, shotguns, sub-machine guns, carbines, machine guns, anti-tank missiles, mortars and howitzers up to 85mm and ammunition and spare parts for the above. A Code of Conduct on its implementation was agreed on 24 March 1999.
Exceptions to the Moratorium may be granted where the goods are to meet legitimate security needs.
There are three exceptions to the Moratorium as follows:
- for international peace operations
- for legitimate national security needs
- for individual ownership of a single weapon in the pistol, shotgun or non-military rifle categories for hunting or sporting purposes.
The ECOWAS Moratorium applies to all states in ECOWAS:
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cape Verde
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Liberia
- Mali
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Togo
US
FinCen
February 17, 2011 – Amendment to the Bank Secrecy Act Concern Laundering of Money
Prime Bank Limited (Prime Bank) of Gambia. Prime Bank is a private commercial bank located in Serrekunda, Gambia. LCB (Lebanese Canadian Bank) owns 51% of Prime Bank, while the remaining shares are held by local and Lebanese partners. LCB apparently serves as the sole correspondent bank for Prime Bank. FinCen Sanctions
Treasury Acts to Protect the U.S. Financial System from Bank with Ties to a Global Narcotics Trafficking and Money Laundering Network and Hizballah
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY – Finding that the Lebanese Canadian Bank SAL is a Financial Institution of Primary Money Laundering Concern LCB SAL Finding & FinCen Sanctions
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