Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Risks in Botswana

By Institute for Security Studies
Updated: 08/27/2010

Money_LaunderingBy Jackson Madzima. Institute for Security Studies, March 2009.

 Most countries in Southern Africa lack comprehensive legal frameworks that criminalize terrorism and the methods to finance it. However, as numerous local arrests of international terrorists suggest, the sub-region is attracting terrorist networks. To prevent such activity, states should institute legal reforms and better coordinate anti-money laundering efforts through available international and sub-regional working groups.  [PDF]