{"id":278322,"date":"2023-07-07T09:33:31","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T08:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=278322"},"modified":"2023-07-07T09:33:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T08:33:31","slug":"illegal-mining-activities-threaten-economic-prosperity-efcc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/07\/illegal-mining-activities-threaten-economic-prosperity-efcc\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal Mining Activities Threaten Economic Prosperity &#8211;  EFCC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Due to the non-payment of royalties, taxes, and other obligations, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recognised unlawful mining and criminal activity as a serious danger to the regional and national economies.<\/p>\n<p>At a Day Workshop for media that the commission organised in Kwara, Mr. Abdulkarim Chukkol, the acting executive chairman of the EFCC, made the claim in his capacity as the Zonal Head, Mr. Micheal Nzekwe.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop, with the theme &#8220;Effective Reporting of Economic and Financial Crimes,&#8221; was held on Thursday at the Ilorin Zonal Command, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).<\/p>\n<p>The chairman noted that cybercrime was a major crime, particularly among undergraduates and fresh graduates of tertiary institutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe commission has been active in tackling their criminalities and will continue to ensure that extant laws against illegal miners are enforced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur work is engaging because the commission has been combating the menace of corrupt practices, going by its impressive records of convictions, asset forfeitures and other tangible proofs of accomplishments over the years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reporting has also been arduous because our work is not static and media have always been keeping pace with our speed and energy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is in recognition of these tasks that the commission initiated a workshop on economic and financial crime reporting for journalists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe workshop is one of the modest efforts of the commission to build synergy and foster a more engaging relationship with the media,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/05\/efcc-arraigns-man-for-alleged-inheritance-scam-in-maiduguri\/\">EFCC<\/a> boss urged Nigerians not to wait until they suffer any loss on economic and financial crimes before they move against corrupt practices, as it remains a threat to individual and corporate progress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not only by being a victim of these crimes that we suffer losses, we also suffer limitations when our neighbours, colleagues, institutions and nation fall prey to them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI charge the nation journalists on patriotism, as you owe our nation and the entire world an obligation of exposing every shadiness and criminal acts through reporting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJournalism is the best gateway to whistle blowing and I charge the media to deploy more time, energy and commitment in exposing all fraudulent activities in our midst,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In one of the presentations, titled \u201cNew trends in cybercrime: How not to become a victim\u201d, by Alex Ocheme of the EFCC, said that cybercrime had eaten over $8 trillion of victims\u2019 hard earned finances in the world.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, said that legal bottleneck was one of the factors hindering cross border corruption investigation in the anti-corruption war.<\/p>\n<p>Ocheme said that not all African countries, for example, had passed the law on cybercrime, adding that since one cannot compel those countries to try corruption offenders with such law, means that \u201cthe money stolen is gone\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach nation is entitled to its laws. 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