It has come to the attention of the Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) that there are individuals purporting to be representatives and/or employees of the Authority who solicit money from members of the public.

These fraudsters claim that these payments are intended to facilitate the clearance of certain transactions that have been queried by the Authority. We wish to clarify that these claims are false, fraudulent and should be disregarded.

The FIA does not solicit or accept any form of payment for the services we provide.

Over 80 judges and prosecutors from Uganda and the COMESA states are meeting at the Lake Victoria Serena Hotel to discuss the adjudication of financial crimes under the theme “Strengthening capacities to tackle money laundering and terrorism financing cases”.

The training is graciously supported by the COMESA Secretariat, the German Cooperation for International Development (GIZ) Global programme on combatting financial crimes and jointly organized with the FIA.

Invitation to Members of the General Public to Participate in the Online Survey on Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risks linked to Virtual Assets (VAs) and Virtual Assets Service Providers (VASPs).

Survey Link: https://forms.office.com/r/LD3eLQ9vSw

FIA held an engagement with Officers from URA’s Customs Passenger Airport Terminal at the URA Custom offices in Entebbe Airport. The engagement centered on the automation of the requirement for a person carrying outside or entering into Uganda with domestic cash or foreign currency or negotiable bearer instruments equivalent to or exceeding the amount of UGX: 30,000,000 to notify URA. The automation will be achieved through UNODC’s goAML system that will allow for realtime reporting on the cross-border movement of currency.

Members of the newly formed National Working Group on the Money Laundering (ML)/Terrorism Financing (TF)Risk Assessment for Virtual Assets(VA) and Virtual Assets Service Providers(VASPS)for Uganda have benefitted from a capacity-building workshop conducted by FIA with support from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime(UNODC)