The Director of the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC), Advocate Xolisile Khanyile, recently concluded a visit of Doha, Qatar where she detailed South Africa’s experience in establishing a financial intelligence sharing partnership.

The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has established a new shared forensic service initiative termed a state forensic capability (SFC) unit within the FIC, which will see specialised resources in forensic accounting, financial analysis and related services working together to support the work of law enforcement and other competent authorities in their pursuit of high priority criminal matters.

A research report, compiled by the South African Anti-Money Laundering Integrated Task Force (SAMLIT), in partnership with Refinitiv, on modern slavery and human trafficking (MSHT), entitled “Follow the Money”, was released on 10 March 2023.