Early 2023 commencement for balance of General Laws amendment act
The remainder of the General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Act will commence on 1 April 2023, except for two sections. The first instalment took force on 31...
View ArticleVisualising corruption risks in the illegal rhino horn trade supply chain
The rhino horn trade represents one of the four largest illegal wildlife trade flows by value. A new guide from the WFF's Tackling Natural Resource Corruption programme maps the areas, in text and...
View ArticleHas SA done enough to avoid joining the FATF grey list?
Has South Africa done enough to escape an appearance on the Financial Action Task Force grey list, asks James George, compliance manager at Compli-Serve SA. We will know later this month, when the FATF...
View ArticleZim to investigate gold smuggling after Al Jazeera expose
Only two parts of Al Jazeera's explosive four-part investigative series on gold smuggling out of Zimbabwe have been aired, but officials from that country are scurrying to delve deeper into the...
View ArticleGold Mafia scandal to be investigated – but can SA authorities pull off a...
President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured the country that implicated parties in the far-reaching network on money laundering revealed in Al Jazeera's Gold Mafia docu-series, will be investigated. But some...
View ArticleEnablers galore: the countries that contribute to illicit financial crimes
Lower income countries are hardest hit by global tax abuse, writes CW Voices' Janine Erasmus, and in part two of our new op-ed mini-series we take a look at the (mostly Western) countries which...
View ArticlePhysician, heal thyself before attempting to heal others of corruption
In today's gobalised settings, asks CW Voices' Janine Erasmus, who are the real corrupt countries? Are they the mostly developing countries which have been ravaged by the East and West, or are they the...
View ArticleTI Africa: fighting for transparency, integrity, engagement, and accountability
Transparency International chapters in Africa came together in Johannesburg this week for their annual regional meeting. The group has pushed relentlessly for conditions for freer, fairer, and more...
View ArticlePhala Phala findings ‘raise more questions than answers’ – CSOs
Corruption Watch and the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse have questioned the findings contained in the Reserve Bank's report on Phala Phala. While the central bank found no wrongdoing, it intends to...
View ArticleBeneficial ownership and climate crimes: A fishy business
The sooner climate and tax justice activists unite and demand beneficial ownership transparency, writes Matti Kohonen for the Tax Justice Network, the more urgently we can put an end to escalating...
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