CRIMINALS do not sleep, so we need to move fast to conclude these cases to ensure that [illicit] funds are blocked before leaving the country, says the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC). In an interview, FIC Director for Compliance and Prevention Diphat Tembo said while law enforcement agencies may face challenges during investigations, FIC had collaborative mechanisms in place to guide them on where to focus their efforts. “FIC is a national agency that has been created to specifically receive, analyse and disseminate disclosure of information or what we call financial intelligence to law enforcement agencies for investigations. Overall, the country has to understand that the type of FIU is an administrative type of FIU. It means we don’t have investigative...