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The 2017 Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Annual Report was tabled in Parliament on 11 February 2019 by the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Honorable Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum. The report provides information on the performance of the FIU in 2017, the agency responsible for implementing and enforcing the Financial Transactions Reporting (FTR) Act, a legislation aimed at preventing and detecting money laundering and other proceeds generating criminal activities in Fiji.

2/13/2019 12:00:00 AM

The Fiji FIU would like to advise commercial banks, financial institutions, businesses and members of the public to exercise caution when handling email payment instructions for import trade transactions and large value personal outbound foreign remittance transactions.

12/6/2018 12:00:00 AM

The FIU has released a new Policy Advisory which provides clarification on the customer due diligence (CDD) requirements under the Financial Transactions Reporting (FTR) Act and how it aligns to the requirements under the Companies Act on changes to names of existing Private Companies.



11/23/2018 12:00:00 AM

Three money laundering cases worth millions of dollars which involves real estate agents have been profiled and are currently under investigation by the Financial Intelligence Unit.

9/4/2018 12:00:00 AM

The Chief Executive Officer of Fiji Revenue & Customs Service (FRCS), Mr Visvanath Das and the Director of Fiji Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Mr Razim Buksh met this week and discussed opportunities to further strengthen tax and customs compliance and fraud investigations. They discussed the need for stronger collaboration and networking between the two agencies in relation to profiling of suspected tax evaders, investigation of trade-based money laundering involving incorrect declaration of the value of goods, and related financial crimes.

6/14/2018 12:00:00 AM

Guideline 7 - PEPs

3/27/2018 12:00:00 AM