01014nam a22001337a 4500100003400000245006300034260005400097300000800151520057500159650006000734856006400794942000700858999001500865  aNational Treasury Department   aThe Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment Act (FICA ACT)  aSouth AfricabNational Treasury Department c2017  a2p.  aThe FICA Act amends the existing Financial Intelligence Centre Act (2001) to strengthen South Africa’s ability to fight illicit financial flows and other forms of financial crimes, which include money laundering, corruption, terrorism financing and tax evasion. SA has been a member of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) since 2003. FATF is an international body of countries tasked with setting best practices to combat money laundering and terrorism financing. SA is also a signatory to and ratified the United Nations (UN) Convention against Corruption in 2004.  aMoney Laundering, Corruption, Terrorism Financing, Tax   uiffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/2017FICA_Act_pamphlet.pdf  cCF  c1046d1046