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Pretoria under pressure from FATF for anti-money laundering failings

South Africa could soon be placed under enhanced scrutiny by the international anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing organisation. The Ministry of Finance's slow response to the FATF's report has been blamed for this. [...]

Published on 18/10/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

South Africa
Pretoria under pressure from FATF for anti-money laundering failings

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Pretoria in fight to get off Financial Action Task Force grey list by June 2025

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EU rolls out project to combat terror financing in Africa

South Africa
Washington hot on trail of Islamic State's financial networks

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Maputo fights losing battle to bring Manuel Chang to justice on home turf

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