--- title: Afriwise Blog | Commercial Crime (3) description: Commercial Crime | (3) --- [![Afriwise](https://insights.afriwise.com/hubfs/Logos/Afriwise/Afriwise%20logo.svg)](https://afriwise.com/) - [Products](https://afriwise.com/law-products-africa/) - [Countries](https://afriwise.com/countries-covered/) - [About Afriwise](https://afriwise.com/about-afriwise/) - [Contact](https://afriwise.com/contact/) - [News](https://news.afriwise.com/) - [Insights](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog) [Schedule a demo](https://afriwise.com/contact/) [Log in](https://afriwise.com/login/) - [Products](https://afriwise.com/law-products-africa/) - [Countries](https://afriwise.com/countries-covered/) - [Solutions](https://afriwise.com/solutions/) - [About Afriwise](https://afriwise.com/about-afriwise/) - Insights - [Contact](https://afriwise.com/contact/) - [News](https://news.afriwise.com/) [Schedule a demo](https://afriwise.com/contact/) [Log in](https://afriwise.com/login/) # Welcome to Africa’s legal blog Never miss a beat on Africa's legal and regulatory landscape. - [Legislation (287)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) - [South Africa (227)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/south-africa) - [Nigeria (157)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) - [Kenya (151)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) - [Financial Services (128)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/financial-services) - [ICT (106)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ict) - [Tanzania (102)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tanzania) - [Regulation (87)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/regulation) - [Corporate Commercial (84)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/corporate-commercial) - [Tax (84)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tax) - [Case discussion (78)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/case-discussion) - [Uganda (66)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/uganda) - [Intellectual Property (58)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/intellectual-property) - [Energy & Natural Resources (57)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/energy-natural-resources) - [Ghana (55)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ghana) - [Employment and labour (52)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/employment-and-labour) - [Data Protection (49)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/data-protection) - [Mozambique (49)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/mozambique) - [Commercial Crime (48)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/commercial-crime) - [Competition/Antitrust (48)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/competition-antitrust) - [Dispute Resolution (47)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/dispute-resolution) - [Mauritius (46)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/mauritius) - [Environment (44)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/environment) - [Zambia (38)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/zambia) - [Projects and Procurement (26)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/projects-and-procurement) [Commercial Crime](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/commercial-crime) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) [Templars](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/templars) ## [The What and Why of Nigeria’s Grey Listing by the Financial Action Task Force and its Implications on Businesses Operating in Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-what-and-why-of-nigerias-grey-listing-by-the-financial-action-task-force-and-its-implications-on-businesses-operating-in-nigeria) This designation indicates increased monitoring by FATF as both countries actively work to address strategic deficiencies in combating money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing. 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[Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-faft-trusts-and-transparency-in-south-africa) [Commercial Crime](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/commercial-crime) [South Africa](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/south-africa) [Regulation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/regulation) [Money Laundering](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/money-laundering) [Bowmans](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/bowmans) ## [South Africa: Grey-listing by the Financial Action Task Force](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/south-africa-grey-listing-by-the-financial-action-task-force) On 24 February 2023, the Financial Action Task Force placed South Africa on its ‘grey list’. This means that South Africa will be subject to increased monitoring by the FATF and is required to actively work to address identified deficiencies in its national legislation an.. 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