Report suspicious behaviour or face jail

On guard: Specified entities face censure if they fail to make STRs
On guard: Specified entities face censure if they fail to make STRs

If you are a specified party or an accountable institution in Botswana, you have a responsibility to identify and report suspicious transactions.

Specified parties include inter alia lawyers, accountants, real estate agents, motor vehicle dealers etc, and accountable institutions comprise incorporated or registered legal entities including major grocery stores, schools or medical centres.

The reporting of suspicious transactions via a Suspicious Transaction Report (STR) is just one obligation a specified party and an accountable institution must meet under Financial Intelligence Act 2019 (FI Act) and related Financial Intelligence Regulations.

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