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Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC)

Public Entity · Finance and Administration Services · reports to National Treasury

The Financial Intelligence Centre is South Africa’s financial intelligence unit, established under the Financial Intelligence Centre Act, 2001 (Act No. 38 of 2001).

It combats money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing by collecting, analysing and disseminating financial intelligence to law enforcement, the National Prosecuting Authority, intelligence services and the South African Revenue Service. Accountable institutions must register with it, verify client identities, keep records and report suspicious and cash transactions above prescribed thresholds.

South Africa’s greylisting by the Financial Action Task Force in 2023 placed its work at the centre of the national response, and it has powers to issue directives and impose administrative sanctions for non-compliance.

Audit record, 5 years

2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
2024/25
Clean Audit stable 4 of 5 audited years clean

Financial highlights, 2024/25

Total Revenue
R410m
Total Expenditure
−R418m
Total Assets
R197m
Total Liabilities
R38m

Values in rand. Sparklines run oldest to newest and are scaled to each series, not to zero.

Leadership, 17 listed

Director
Mr Thabiso Thiti
Chief Financial Officer
Ms Veronica MarshSmit
Senior Management
Mr Pieter Alberts Ms Priya Biseswar Ms Marine Burdette Mr Ettiene Cronje Mr Macs Maboka Ms Grace Madilonga Mr Xolile Majija Mr Christopher Malan Mr Philemon Mashapa Mr Bongani Mbewu Mr Oniel Rajnund Mr Motlatsi Ramoshu Mr Aaron Shongwe Mr Pieter Smit
Communications Officers
Ms Panna Kassan

Description written for this directory from the entity’s own published sources: www.fic.gov.za, www.gov.za