OUR country has faced growing challenges related to financial crimes, including money laundering and fraud. Whenever the Financial Intelligence Centre releases a report around money laundering trends, institutions that are supposed to report and prevent illicit financial transactions are cited for abetting these crimes. Law firms, often seen as bastions of justice and integrity, have unfortunately found themselves entangled in these illicit activities. The warning issued by the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) to law firms that are not playing their roles as reporting entities is timely. FIC: “What we have noted in the recent past is that law firms in Zambia, while they are designated as reporting entities, we have noted with concern in terms of compliance levels when it...