FINANCIAL Intelligence Centre (FIC) Director General Clement Kapalu says the use of legal persons and arrangements in tax evasion and corruption has continued to frustrate government’s resource mobilisation efforts. And Director Inspection at the FIC, Katuna Sinyangwe says a worrying trend has been observed where casino owners are registering their cleaners as sole owners of companies. Meanwhile, a study has revealed that 67 percent of legal persons and arrangements have not been disclosing their Beneficial Ownership information to the Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA). During the launch of a report on the availability and accessibility of Beneficial Ownership (BO) Information for law enforcement purposes, Thursday, Kapalu observed that anonymously owned corporate vehicles were used as gateway vehicles by tax...

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