Zim’s corporate structures flagged as high-risk laundering magnets
ZIMBABWE’S legal and corporate structures have turned into magnets for illicit finance, with the authorities ranking them as medium-to-high risk for money laundering, a new report shows
By Belinda Chiroodza
Sep. 15, 2025
Law enforcement agents swoop on drug peddlers
Zimbabwe is experiencing widespread drug and substance abuse, primarily among young people, who are frustrated by the harsh economic climate and a scarcity of jobs.
By Brent Shamu
Aug. 11, 2025
RBZ unearths looting in real estate industry....as Zimra busts US$10m contraband in six months
The RBZ noted that major financial crimes behind IFFs included “tax evasion, corruption, fraud, drug trafficking, smuggling and illegal
By Mthandazo Nyoni and Julia Ndlela
Jul. 18, 2025
Cheap twine nets fuel Lake Kariba fish poaching, driving millions in illicit financial flows
This illegal trade bypasses customs declarations, tax collection, and regulatory oversight, resulting in unrecorded cross-border financial transactions.
By Nokuthaba Dlamini
Jun. 22, 2025
Bush airstrips, invasive aircraft on the radar in explosive IFFs debate
Caaz last year commissioned the air traffic control (ATC) communications system and the secondary surveillance radar system at the newly-refurbished RGM International Airport.
By Mthandazo Nyoni
Feb. 21, 2025
Negative impact of illicit financial flows (III)
When companies under-declare their profits due to IFFs, the government will collect much less revenues than it would have collected, if the companies had chosen to be honest.
By Kevin Tutani
Dec. 13, 2024
Case studies of illicit financial flows
The financial transfers were marked as payment for “technical expertise” and “licencing of intellectual property (leased technologies and the use of brand name)”.
By Kevin Tutani
Dec. 6, 2024
Role of youth in fostering political will to fight illicit financial flows
African countries lose US$50 billion to illegal financial flows, according to the 2015 High-Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa.
By Artwell Dzobo
Oct. 20, 2024
‘Illicit financial flows crippling Zim economy’
National University of Science and Technology lecturer and economist Stevenson Dlamini highlighted the devastating impact of IFFs
By Julia Ndlela
Sep. 27, 2024
