The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has placed Nigeria and South Africa on its list of countries under increased monitoring, commonly known as the grey list, after they failed to address strategic deficiencies in their regimes to counter money laundering,… Read More ›

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Free-trade zones vulnerable to illicit trade and financial crime says RUSI paper
Free-trade zones (FTZs) can be attractive to criminal groups as well as legitimate businesses according to a paper published by the Royal United Services Institute’s (RUSI’s) Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies. The paper identifies factors that render FTZs… Read More ›