Ibrahim Lamorde, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, $12.058 billion has been transported out of Nigeria in the past 3 years.
Lamorde made the disclosure while speaking at the opening ceremony at the opening ceremony of a five-day inter-agency training programme on, Cross Border Financial Investigation organized by the United States Department of Homeland Security; DAILY POST reports.
He said currency declaration in 2012 was $9.9 billion. In 2013, it dropped to $1.324 billion as Nigeria stepped up surveillance at the airports.
”There was a further drop in 2014 as currency outflows recorded an all- time low of $807,585,061.70″.
Lamorde has been EFCC Chairman since 2012.
