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Financial intelligence targets officials over money laundering

The South African government wants to ensure close monitoring of prominent foreign and domestic public officials and influential persons, and the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) issued a draft guidance on reporting measures in early March. [...]

Published on 25.03.2021 at 05:00 GMT

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