South Africa: Finance Minister Backs Formation of Intelligence Unit Within SARS

Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni declared that he "fully endorses" the establishment of a unit within the South African Revenue Services (SARS) that is deployed to investigate and gather intelligence on illicit financial flows and granting SARS full "intrusive enforcement capacity" to act against them when necessary.

This was one of the recommendations made by National Treasury to the Nugent Commission of Inquiry into Tax Administration and Governance last year.

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