Interpol strengthens Ivorian investigators’ capacity to track criminal assets

Interpol launched an advanced training course in Abidjan on 26 October 2026 on financial investigations, recovering criminal assets and combating corruption; it is scheduled to run through 30 October. Bernard Kouassi, chief of staff to Justice Minister Jean Sansan Kambilé, called for investigative methods to keep pace with increasingly sophisticated illicit money transfers. Richard Evina Engolo, an Interpol intelligence officer specializing in financial crime and corruption, said the three-phase program is supported by German cooperation agency GIZ and Ivorian authorities. Around 20 participants are expected to be selected for the third phase, which will train instructors.