Welcome To Financial Intelligence Unit

Special Notice on Lockdown in Lesotho

Please note that despite the lockdown there will be no relaxation of obligations incumbent to ALL Accountable Institutions in terms of the MLPCA. The FIU will continue to deliver on its mandate and will continue to receive and action all reports received from AI's

TTR reporting for March submission by 5th April 2020
TTR reporting for April submission by 5th May
Suspicious Transactions are still expected by the FIU, IMMEDIATELY upon formulation of the suspicion, as per the prescribes of the law. All reports are however to be submitted strictly electronically, with the usual TTR and STR format. Please kindly note that NO reports are to be hand delivered.
Kindly feel free to contact the contacts on mobile for any assistance

The Financial Intelligence Unit acts as a central national agency responsible for receiving, requesting, analyzing and dissemination to law enforcement agencies and supervisory bodies disclosures of financial information concerning suspected proceeds of crime and alleged money laundering and terrorist financing offences with the aim to combat money laundering, terrorist financing and related financial crimes.

Functions

The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) is a national central agency
that receives financial information from accountable institution
analyses such information and
where a money laundering and terrorist financing offence
is suspected to have
taken place disseminates the disclosure of information...

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