By Daily Scope Reporter
Monrovia, 11 June 2026 Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission and Liberia’s Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission pledged to intensify joint operations Thursday, as their leaders met at LACC headquarters in Monrovia to review progress under a bilateral anti-corruption pact.
ACC Commissioner Francis Ben Kaifala Esq. and LACC Executive Chair Counsellor Zoe Alexandra focused talks on enforcing key provisions of their Memorandum of Understanding, which provides a legal base for collaboration and mutual assistance.
The MoU now guides cooperation in:
- Cross-border investigations allowing each commission to pursue cases beyond national lines
- Personnel exchanges to place investigators within the partner agency
- Joint training and technical support in financial crimes and digital forensics
- Asset tracing, declaration compliance, and public education
Officials said the framework is closing gaps that previously let illicit funds and suspects escape by crossing the Mano River Union border.
“This is more than paperwork,” Kaifala said after the meeting. “With staff exchanges and shared expertise, we can detect, investigate, prosecute, and recover assets from corrupt actors faster.”
He described corruption as the “number one enemy” of both countries and called for stronger accountability.
Counsellor Alexandra thanked the ACC-SL team for technical support, noting Sierra Leone’s progress in asset recovery and public awareness was providing “invaluable lessons” for Liberia’s anti-graft work. She called the MoU a “concrete bond” between the two nations.
The ACC-LACC partnership mirrors similar agreements across ECOWAS, with ACC-SL increasingly cited as a model by regional peers. Both commissions said they will scale up joint operations and community outreach in border districts over the next year.
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