News & Awareness

Strategic Report on the Prevalent Identity Theft/Fraud

The financial system of Lesotho has experienced prevalence of financial fraud owing to identity fraud particularly in the micro finance   and banking sectors according to the Suspicious Transactions Reports (STRs) filed since the first quarter of 2024.  This trend necessitated

Mutual Evaluation – Kingdom of Lesotho July 2022 – September 2023

Mutual Evaluation – Kingdom of Lesotho (July 2022 – September 2023) The Kingdom of Lesotho is currently undergoing the Second Round of Mutual Evaluation on Money Laundering (ML), Terrorist Financing (TF) and Proliferation Financing (PF). The Mutual Evaluation assesses the

Mock Evaluation 13-17 June 2022

Mock Evaluation 13-17 June 2022 The FIU in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime organised another training for the upcoming Second Round of Mutual Evaluation. The training was held from 13 -17 June 2022. The focus