Financial Intelligence Centre

Financial Intelligence Centre For more information on the FIC Act and the work of the FIC visit the About page on www.fic.gov.za.

The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) is South Africa’s national centre for the receipt of financial data, analysis and dissemination of financial intelligence to the competent authorities, visit www.fic.gov.za for more information. The FIC’s response approach

As South Africa’s national financial intelligence unit, the FIC is responsible for producing financial intelligence for the use of compe

tent authorities in their investigations, prosecutions, and applications for asset forfeiture. The FIC administers the FIC Act as part of government’s framework for combating money laundering, the financing of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction and identifying the proceeds of crime. In responding to comments and queries, the FIC is limited to providing broad information about its oversight role and function. It can not comment on the work of the supervisory bodies, accountable institutions nor that of the competent authorities, all of which are independent of the FIC. Confidentiality requirements, emanating from the FIC Act and the nature of its work prevent the FIC from disclosing, confirming or denying whether:

✅ Reports on specific persons and/or entities have or have not been made to the FIC
✅ The FIC has or has not supplied financial intelligence on specific persons or organisations to law enforcement, investigating authorities, any other partners or counterparts or competent authorities
✅ The FIC has received regulatory reports, information or requests for information
✅ A matter is or is not being investigated by law enforcement or any other competent authority
✅ Financial intelligence or any other report has or has not been prepared on a particular matter

Any disclosure related to the above would be contrary to the provisions of the FIC Act and could put at risk the FIC, its partners, institutions that report to it, persons who report information to the FIC and any other related persons or entities. In addition to this page, the FIC is also active on the following social media platforms - please do not follow any other platform that purports to be the FIC on social media:

✅ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/financialintelligencecentre
✅ LINKEDIN: https://za.linkedin.com/company/financial-intelligence-centre
✅ WHATSAPP CHANNEL: https://www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029Vb5sd6bEquiTPbPYEs1J

The Financial Intelligence Centre is calling for public participation in draft Directive 12 on the submission of risk ma...
03/08/2026

The Financial Intelligence Centre is calling for public participation in draft Directive 12 on the submission of risk management and compliance programme (RMCP). Click here for more information and have your say: https://thefic.short.gy/FGWg6m

30/07/2026

NOTICE: ℹ️ Submission of the 2026 risk and compliance return by 31 July 2026. Click here to read more on the FIC website: https://thefic.short.gy/mP2DiM

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The FIC issued Directive 11 on 31 March 2026, mandating specified accountable institutions to submit their 2026 risk and...
17/07/2026

The FIC issued Directive 11 on 31 March 2026, mandating specified accountable institutions to submit their 2026 risk and compliance returns to the FIC on 30 June 2026 and on 31 July 2026.https://www.fic.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Media-release-RCR-closing-dates.pdf

Earlier this week, on the sidelines of the 2026 Egmont Group Annual Plenary in Azerbaijan, South Africa’s Financial Inte...
09/07/2026

Earlier this week, on the sidelines of the 2026 Egmont Group Annual Plenary in Azerbaijan, South Africa’s Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) Director, Thabiso Thiti, signed a memorandum of understanding (Mou) with Zaur Fatizada, Chairman of the Executive Board of the Financial Monitoring Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

The FIC has MoUs with peer financial intelligence units across the globe. The MoUs are geared at improving international co-operation and information sharing, thus strengthening South Africa’s capability for assisting and requesting assistance from international partners in combating financial crime. www.fic.gov.za

The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) welcomes the Proclamation by the President fixing 1 July 2026 as the commencemen...
01/07/2026

The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) welcomes the Proclamation by the President fixing 1 July 2026 as the commencement date of section 30 of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act, 2001 (Act 38 of 2001) (FIC Act), which was published in the Government Gazette on 5 June 2026.

The gazetting activates the requirement for domestic and foreign travellers to declare cash in their possession above the threshold of R100 000, when crossing the country’s land and seaports. Also activated is the responsibility for Customs and Excise of the South African Revenue Service (SARS) to receive such declarations made by travellers and make them available to the FIC. Read more here: https://thefic.short.gy/AzR0zG

The Financial Intelligence Centre is pleased to advise that its Executive Manager for Compliance and Prevention, Christo...
20/06/2026

The Financial Intelligence Centre is pleased to advise that its Executive Manager for Compliance and Prevention, Christopher Malan, has been appointed as the Financial Action Task Force Evaluations and Compliance Group (ECG) working group co-chair. More here: https://thefic.short.gy/arSY5D

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