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Cellule Nationale de Traitement des Informations Financières du Bénin (National Financial Information Processing Unit) CENTIF

Official site
https://www.centif.bj
Established
2006
Constituting statute
Decree n° 2006-752 of 31 December 2006 (creation); Loi n° 2024-01 of 20 February 2024, Art. 95 (current governing text)
Supervises All industries

Who they are

Benin's national financial intelligence unit, an administrative service placed under the Minister in charge of the Economy and Finance (Art. 95 of Loi n° 2024-01, as cited in its 2025 activity report).

What they do

Receives and analyses suspicious transaction reports (529 received in 2025, against 510 in 2024) and cash transaction declarations, and can ask reporting entities for information (Art. 96). Its site publishes reporting forms and the national and UN targeted financial sanctions lists.

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