FIU Zimbabwe - AML/CFT legal framework (web page listing the legislation)

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**Zimbabwe’s AML/CFT legal framework provides for the following, among other things:** Establishes the Financial Intelligence Unit and provides for its powers and functions; Sets out the AML / CFT obligations of financial institutions and Designated Non- Financial Businesses and Professions (DNFBPs) and prescribes penalties for breach thereof; Criminalizes money laundering and financing of terrorism; Provides for the implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 of 1999 (and its successor resolutions) and UNSCR 1373 of 2001. </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="et_pb_section et_pb_section_2 et_section_regular"> <div class="et_pb_row et_pb_row_2"> <div class="et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_2 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child"> <div class="et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light"> <div class="et_pb_text_inner"> | Title | Link | | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Chapter 9:24 Money Laundering & Proceeds of Crime Act | [Download](https://www.fiu.co.zw/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MLPCAct0924updated.pdf) | | Statutory Instrument 99 of 2026 | [Download](https://www.fiu.co.zw/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/SI-99of2026MoneyLaundering.pdf) | | Statutory Instrument 98 of 2026 | [Download](https://www.fiu.co.zw/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/SI-98of2026-PVO-Risk-Based-Supervision.pdf) | | Statutory Instrument 97 of 2026 | [Download](https://www.fiu.co.zw/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/SI-97of2026-PVO-Board-General.pdf) | | Bank use promotion act | [Download](https://www.fiu.co.zw/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Bank-use-promotion-act.pdf) | | MLPC Act – amended to July 2019 | [Download](https://www.fiu.co.zw/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MLPC-Act-amended-to-July-2019.pdf) | | S. I. 56 of 2019 – Suppression of Foreign & International Terrorism | [Download](https://www.fiu.co.zw/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/S.-I.-56-of-2019-Suppression-of-Foreign-International-Terrorism.pdf) | | S.I. 76 of 2014 – Suppression of Foreign & International Terrorism | [Download](https://www.fiu.co.zw/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/S.I.-76-of-2014-Suppression-of-Foreign-International-Terrorism.pdf) | | Suppression of Foreign and International Terrorism Act | [Download](https://www.fiu.co.zw/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Suppression-of-Foreign-and-International-Terrorism-Act.pdf) | </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="et_builder_inner_content et_pb_gutters3"> <div class="et_pb_section et_pb_section_0_tb_footer et_pb_with_background et_section_regular"> <div class="et_pb_row et_pb_row_0_tb_footer"> <div class="et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_4 et_pb_column_0_tb_footer et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough"> <div class="et_pb_module et_pb_image et_pb_image_0_tb_footer"> <span class="et_pb_image_wrap"></span> </div> - [<span class="et_pb_social_media_follow_network_name" aria-hidden="true">Follow</span>](https://www.youtube.com/@FIUZimbabwe "Follow on Youtube") - [<span class="et_pb_social_media_follow_network_name" aria-hidden="true">Follow</span>](https://x.com/fiuzimbabwe "Follow on X")

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