THE 7th Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Trends Report has revealed that disseminated reports on financial crimes were valued at K3.56 billion in 2021, representing an increase of 13 percent from K3.14 billion in 2020. And the report, which has been dubbed “Cash Bonanza”, has revealed that an entity received in excess of 70 million in cash for purposes of facilitating ‘engagement’ for the 2021 general elections. Meanwhile, Attorney General Mulilo Kabesha says citizens must stop the trend of worshiping crime suspects, adding that traditional leaders must not be in an “entourage of praise singers for suspects of crime”. Speaking during the launch of the report, Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) acting Director General Liya Tembo said the centre observed that...

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