Abbreviations

ACRONYMNS

 

Monograph No 132, May 2007

 

CONFRONTING THE PROCEEDS OF CRIME IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
An Introspection

 

Edited by
Charles Goredema

 

INTRODUCTION:

 

AML/CFT

anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism (strategy)

ESAAMLG

Eastern and Southern African Anti-Money Laundering Group

FATF

Financial Action Task Force

FIU

financial intelligence unit

SADC

Southern African Development Community

 

 

CHAPTER 1:

 

ACB

Anti-Corruption Bureau

AML/CFT

anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism (strategy)

CID

Criminal Investigation Department

DPP

Director of Public Prosecutions

ESAAMLG

Eastern and Southern African Anti-Money Laundering Group

FAST

flexible anti-smuggling teams

FATF

Financial Action Task Force

FIU

financial intelligence unit

forex

foreign exchange

MWK

Malawian kwacha

MRA

Malawi Revenue Authority

OTA

Office of Technical Assistance

SADC

Southern African Development Community

SARPCCO

Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Co-operation Organisation

US$

United States dollar

 

 

CHAPTER 2:

 

ACC

Anti-Corruption Commission

AMLIU

Anti-Money Laundering Investigations Unit

BoZ

Bank of Zambia

DEC

Drug Enforcement Commission

ESAAMLG

Eastern and Southern African Anti-Money Laundering Group

FATF

Financial Action Task Force

IMF

International Monetary Fund

LAZ

Law Association of Zambia

PIA

Pensions and Insurance Authority

PPMLA

Prohibition and Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2001

SADC

Southern African Development Community

SEC

Securities and Exchange Commission

STR

suspicious transaction report

UN

United Nations

ZICA

Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants

ZMK

Zambian kwacha

 

 

CHAPTER 3:

 

AAM

African Associated Mines

CD 1

Control Document 1

C$

Canadian dollar

ENG

ENG Capital Asset Management

FIIE Unit

Financial Intelligence Inspectorate and Evaluation Unit

LIBOR

London Interbank Offered Rate

NDH

National Discount House

PEPS

politically exposed persons

SADC

Southern African Development Community

SMM

Shabanie Mashaba Mines 

Z$

Zimbabwean dollar

ZAR

South African rand

 

 

CHAPTER 4:

 

ADS

African Defence Systems

AFU

Asset Forfeiture Unit

ESAAMLG

Eastern and Southern African Anti-Money Laundering Group

FATF

Financial Action Task Force

FIC

Financial Intelligence Centre

FICA

Financial Intelligence Centre Act

FinCEN

(United States) Financial Crime Enforcement Network

JSE

JSE Securities Exchange South Africa

POCA

Prevention of Organised Crime Act

POCDATARA

Protection of Constitutional Democracy against Terrorist and Related Activities Act

STR

suspicious transaction reports

ZAR

South African rand

   

CHAPTER 5:

 

ACC

Anti-Corruption Commission

BoN

Bank of Namibia

CCU

Commercial Crimes Unit

CMA

Common Monetary Area

DCEC

Directorate of Corruption and Economic Crime (Botswana)

DLEU

Drug Law Enforcement Unit

ESAAMLG

Southern African Anti-Money Laundering Group

FATF

Financial Action Task Force

FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation

FIC

Financial Intelligence Centre

GIPF

Government Institutions Pension Fund

GTI

Great Triangle Investments

MVTU

Motor Vehicle Theft Unit

NAMDEB

Namibia De Beers Mining Company

NAMFISA

Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (Act)

NAMPOL

Namibian police

NDF

Namibia Defence Force

N$

Namibian dollar

ODC

Overseas Development Corporation

ODCN

Offshore Development Corporation of Namibia

OTA

(US Treasury) Office of Technical Assistance

POCA

Prevention of Organised Crime Act

PRU

Protected Resources Unit

SCU

Serious Crime Unit

SSC

Social Security Commission

ZAR

South African rand

 

 

CHAPTER 6:

 

CIFiM

Centro de Informação Financeira de Moçambique (Mozambque Financial Information Centre)

FIU

financial intelligence unit

FSTAP

Financial Sector Technical Assistance Project

IGEPE

State Shares Management Agency

IMF

International Monetary Fund

SADC

Southern African Development Community

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

US$

United States dollar