Falana said TI spent a disproportionate amount of its resources on highlighting corruption in Nigeria and other developing nations. He added that the anti-corruption watchdog ignored western countries, which provide a safe haven for looters. According to him, the United Kingdom’s capital, London, is the global headquarters for money laundering. The United States (U.S.) and Switzerland followed in its heels, but did not receive the same condemnation from TI, Falana said. He spoke in Lagos at a conference on jurisdiction of International Criminal Court (ICC) and cross-border corruption/illicit asset recovery organised by Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA). The event’s theme was ‘Situating jurisdiction of ICC over cross border corruption and illicit asset recovery’. He noted that the United States (U.S.) has filed a lawsuit to prevent the repatriation to Nigeria about $300 million loot stashed by corrupt Nigerians in the country. He also criticised the Swiss government for dictating to Nigeria how loot, which the European country’s banks hid for corrupt Nigerians, would be spent upon its return. Referencing the programme’s theme, Falana said looters “can be rightly accused of crimes against humanity”. He said: “We can’t do more for now, because the countries that are leading the war, the so-called international community, are the beneficiaries of corruption around the world. “Forget what Transparency International (TI) publishes every year and we celebrate, particularly the Nigerian media, ‘Oh! Transparency International has indicted the Buhari government or Jonathan government!’ and we are celebrating it, without challenging the hypocrisy of Transparency International. “How come you (TI) only stigmatise the victim countries and not the receivers of stolen money? “In our elementary Criminal Law, we all know that the receiver of stolen goods is as guilty as the person who stole the goods. So, if money trickling in from Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Venezuela, all over the world is stolen and invested in the United Kingdom – in fact London is now generally regarded as the headquarters of money laundering in the world, but nobody will agree that the British government is corrupt. It is only Nigeria that Transparency International will stigmatise. “We have a duty as victims of corruption to say ‘No to categorisation! You must also blame the countries that are receiving stolen money, because if there is no safe haven for this money, the looted wealth, at the very least, the stolen money will be invested here. They won’t take the money away.” He advised the Federal Government and anti-graft campaigners not to expect help in this regard from the international community or governments. “You are not going to get any collaboration, any cooperation from the government of western countries. “The duty of civil society organisations in Africa is to link up with civil society organisations in the West and other parts of the world and see how such collaborations can expose their own governments,” Falana added]]>
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