In August 2022, the EU Global Facility on AML/CFT conducted a scoping mission to South Africa to discuss and assess the country’s request for support to enhance its AML/CFT measures and improve its general framework.

The training and activities that were agreed upon with local authorities during this mission will seek to rectify South Africa’s strategic deficiencies in its national anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing framework. as defined under the Fourth and Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directives.