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Ultimate Beneficial Owners – Finding needles in haystacks

Those with less honourable intentions may seek the opportunity to retain control over criminally derived assets while frustrating the ability of law...

FICA vs. Legal Confidentiality

More often than not in the legal profession client-attorney confidentiality is what puts clients at ease. Clients feel safe and guarded knowing that...

Risk-Based Approach for the Legal Profession

As mentioned in our previous post: "FICA to FICAA” an important component of the Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment Act 1 of 2017 (FICAA) is the...

What Happens When a FIC Inspector Calls

Accountable and Reportable Institutions are subject to inspection to assess their level of compliance with the Financial Intelligence Centre Act...

The FIC 2019/2020 Report

Accountable and Reportable Institutions are required to report suspicious transactions and activities to the FIC, as well as cash transactions over...

FIC Registrations Increase

All institutions identified as accountable (schedule 1) and reporting (schedule 3) under the Financial Intelligence Centre Act (FICA) are obligated...

Understanding, Identifying and Working with DPEPs and FPEPs

In a recent blog we took a look at The FIC Amendment Act of 2017 (FICAA) and highlighted key concepts which changed from when the Act came into...

Common Terms Relating to the FIC Amendment Act and What They Mean

“According to The FIC Amendment Act (FICAA), AIs must follow an RBA when managing risks related to ML and TF” We understand that getting to know and...