Wonderr FREEMAN

Manager, Legal Affairs , FIU Liberia

Monrovia, Liberia

I'm an attorney and accountant with at least 15 years of work experience in law, public policy, public financial management, anti-corruption and financial crime investigation.

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Area of Expertise:
  • Government, Governance, Reforms
  • Health, Doctors, Nurses, HIV/AIDS
  • Human Rights, Law, Migration, Conflicts, Justice
  • Infrastructure, Technology, Engineering, Science
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis
Professional Experience:

As an Attorney, Economist, Accountant, and Certified Financial Crimes Specialist (CFCS), I bring a wealth of diverse expertise in finance, law and compliance. My experience in traverses regulatory compliance, transnational crime policy, development economics, public/non-profit financial management, and financial crimes investigation/prosecution. I've worked in various sectors, including private and public (in Liberia), nonprofits, international development, and across the West Africa sub-region, honing my skills and broadening my perspective.

Education:

LLM International Trade and Investment Law, 12/2014, International Development Law
Unit, UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA, Pretoria, South Africa

LLB Law, 12/2012, Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law, UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA,
Monrovia, Liberia

MBA Finance, 07/2007, Cuttington University Graduate School, CUTTINGON UNIVERISTY,
Monrovia, Liberia

BBA Accounting/Economics, 12/2001, College of Business and Public Administration,
UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA, Monrovia, Liberia

Affiliations and Achievements:

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
Member, Association of Certified Financial Crimes Specialist, ACFCS, USA (2016- present)
Member, Liberia National Bar Association [LNBA] (2013 - Present)
Co-Chairperson/Member, GIABA [ECOWAS] Working Group on [Anti-Money Laundering & -Counter Financing of Terrorism] Risk-Trends and Methods (Typology Group) (2015-2017)

OTHER VOLUNTARY PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Blogger/Columnist (wonderrfreeman.com) – 2023 - Current
Panelist, (Focus on Liberia, a Liberian diasporan talkshow) – 2024-Present
WORKSHOPS AND TRAININGS –

UNODC/WACAP training titled: Law and Procedure of International Legal Cooperation in Criminal Matters, Monrovia, Liberia March 27-29 2017 .

UN Counter Terrorism Implementation Task Force training titled: Terrorist Designation and Assets Freezing Workshop, Praia, Cabo Verde, May 9-10, 2016

University of Pretoria, Centre for Human Rights training titled: African Human Rights in Comparative Perspective Course, Pretoria, South Africa, Oct 21-25 2013

US [Government] Regional Inspector General (USAID) training titled: Financial Audits of USAID Programs, USG auditing standards, fraud awareness, and performance audits, Monrovia, Liberia, March 24-26, 2009

CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND TRAININGS
May 2016 – Praia, Cabo Verde, Workshop on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2253
July 2016 – Saly Portudal, Senegal, Typologies workshop on money laundering relating to the counterfeiting of pharmaceutical products,
July 2016 – Saly Portudal, Senegal, Typologies workshop on Terrorist Financing in West and Central Africa
November 2016 – Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire, 3rd Annual General Meeting of Assets Recovery Inter-Agency Network for West Africa (ARIN-WA)
GIABA Technical Commission/Plenary meetings – Member, GIABA Working group on Risks Trends and Methods (GIABA-RTMG) and Legal Counsel, Financial Intelligence Unit of Liberia, attended the 23rd,Plenary (in Yamasoukro Cote d’Ivoire), 24th Plenary (in Saly Portudal Senegal), 25th Plenary (in Praia Cabo Verde) and the 26th Plenary in (in Saly Portudal, Senegal)

Available for:

  • Job opportunities

Years of Experience:

10-15 years

Highest Qualification:

Masters

Languages:

English, French, French (Basic)

Nationality:

Liberia

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