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Law Society of South Africa

The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) coordinates the various regional professional societies of advocates and attorneys in South Africa. The information and documents provided are specifically intended for attorneys and other legal professionals.

Accountable institutions which fall under the Law Society of South Africa include attorneys as defined in the Attorneys Act, 1979 (Act 53 of 1979).

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Law Society of SA documents

LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ARE PARTNERS AGAINST CRIME
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The effectiveness of the criminal justice system and the wider fight against financial crime depends on a compliant business community, including legal practitioners.

LEGAL PRACTITIONERS: TOOLKIT FOR COMBATING MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING
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Legal practitioners play a significant role in driving South Africa’s economy and are equally important in ensuring the integrity of the financial system.

POSTER: THROW THE BOOK AT MONEY LAUNDERERS
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Criminals may use legal practitioners to launder their dirty money. You can put a stop to it. Report suspicious and unusual transactions.

POSTER: LEGAL PRACTITIONERS – OUR PARTNERS AGAINST CRIME
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Criminals can use legal practitioners as a conduit for laundering proceeds of their crimes.

ATTORNEYS AT RISK OF MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING ABUSE
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Dealing with sizeable financial transactions every day, attorneys, notaries and conveyancers play a significant role in driving South Africa’s economy and, they are equally important in ensuring the integrity of the financial system. In addition, the broad range of services they offer make them vulnerable to being targeted by criminals for financial abuse.

Compliance

GUIDANCE NOTE 8
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GUIDANCE NOTE 8: ON THE DIRECTIVE FOR CONDUCT WITHIN THE NATIONAL PAYMENT SYSTEM IN RESPECT OF THE FINANCIAL ACTION TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFERS (DIRECTIVE 1 OF 2022)

PUBLIC COMPLIANCE COMMUNICATION 55
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On Directive 8 screening of employees for competence and integrity and scrutinising of employee information against targeted financial sanctions lists as a money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing control measure

DRAFT GUIDANCE NOTE 104A
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DRAFT PUBLIC COMPLIANCE COMMUNICATION No. 120
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DRAFT PUBLIC COMPLIANCE COMMUNICATION No. 120
DRAFT PUBLIC COMPLIANCE COMMUNICATION No. 119
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DRAFT PUBLIC COMPLIANCE COMMUNICATION No. 120
COMMUNICATION DRAFT PUBLIC COMPLIANCE COMMUNICATION No. 118
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COMMUNICATION DRAFT PUBLIC COMPLIANCE COMMUNICATION No. 118
DRAFT PUBLIC COMPLIANCE COMMUNICATION No. 47A
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DRAFT PUBLIC COMPLIANCE COMMUNICATION No. 47A
DRAFT PUBLIC COMPLIANCE COMMUNICATION No. 23A
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DRAFT PUBLIC COMPLIANCE COMMUNICATION No. 23A
DRAFT PUBLIC COMPLIANCE COMMUNICATION No. 6A
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DRAFT PUBLIC COMPLIANCE COMMUNICATION No. 6A
DRAFT PUBLIC COMPLIANCE COMMUNICATION No 5D
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DRAFT PUBLIC COMPLIANCE COMMUNICATION No 5D
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Reporting

INTERNATIONAL FUNDS TRANSFER REPORTS USER GUIDE
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The objective of this user guide is to define and outline the steps to be followed when an accountable institution submits an international funds transfer report (IFTR) to the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) in terms of section 31 of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act.

PROCESS TO REMEDIATE REPORTS ON THE FIC’S REGISTRATION AND REPORTING SYSTEM
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This notice applies to accountable institutions, reporting institutions and other businesses (reporting entities) who submit web and batch reports to the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) on its registration and reporting system, goAML.

User guide to submit Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR) on the registration and reporting platform
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The objective of this user guide is to define and outline the steps to be followed when submitting a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) to the Financial Intelligence Centre (the FIC) in terms of section 29 of the FIC Act.

User guide to submit Suspicious and Unusual Transaction Reports (STR) on the registration and reporting platform
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The objective of this user guide is to define and outline the steps to be followed when submitting a Suspicious Transaction Report (STR) to the Financial Intelligence Centre (the FIC) in terms of section 29 of the FIC Act.

User guide to submit a Terrorist Financing Activity Report (TFAR) on the registration and reporting platform
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The objective of this user guide is to define and outline the steps to be followed when an accountable and reporting institution submit a Terrorist Financing Activity Report (TFAR) to the Financial Intelligence Centre (the FIC) in terms of section 29 of the FIC Act.

User guide to submit a Terrorist Financing Transaction Report (TFTR) on the registration and reporting platform
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The objective of this user guide is to define and outline the steps to be followed when and accountable and reporting institution submit a Terrorist Financing Transaction Report (TFTR) to the Financial Intelligence Centre (the Centre) in terms of section 29(1)(a) or (c) of the FIC Act.

User guide for accountable and reporting institutions to submit Cash Threshold Reports (CTR) on the registration and reporting platform
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The objective of this user guide is to define and outline the steps to be followed when an accountable and reporting institution submit a Cash Threshold Report (CTR) to the Financial Intelligence Centre (the FIC) in terms of section 28 of the FIC Act.

User guide for accountable and reporting institutions to submit Cash Threshold Reports Aggregation (CTRA) on the registration and reporting platform
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The objective of this user guide is to define and outline the steps to be followed when an accountable and reporting institution submits a Cash Threshold Report Aggregation (CTRA) to the Financial Intelligence Centre (the FIC) in terms of section 28 of the FIC Act.

User guide for accountable institutions to submit a Terrorist Property Report (TPR) on the registration and reporting platform
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The objective of this user guide is to define and outline the steps to be followed when an accountable institution submits a Terrorist Property Report (TPR) to the Financial Intelligence Centre (the FIC) in terms of section 28A of the FIC Act.

Notice 4 - Process to remediate batch reports on the FIC’s registration and reporting system
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This notice explains the process to be applied by reporting entities when remediating or fixing failed and/or rejected batch reports on goAML.

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