http://nigerianbulletin.com/2011/01/04/nigeria-italy-to-check-money-laundering-others-the-guardian/#

The Italian government is collaborating with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in a move to check drug syndicates, money laundering and crime.

The NDLEA said the plan would help to check drug syndicates seeking to operate in the country and within the sub-region.

Dr. Pietro Grasso, Chief Prosecutor of the Italian Anti-Mafia Bureau, was visiting Nigeria along with the Italian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Roberto Colamine, as well as the Deputy Chief of Mission, Mr. Nicola Bazzani.

The NDLEA Chief Executive, Ahmadu Giade, was represented at the meeting by the agency’s Director of Administration and Finance, Dr. Daniel S. Ismaila.

The high-level discussion session was co-ordinated by Grasso of the Italian Anti-Mafia Bureau. Important operational areas being considered in the collaboration included a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on legal cooperation, operational exchange programmes, exchange of intelligence and joint operations.