Botswana
Gaborone readies its negotiators to keep off EU blacklist

Brussels has warned Botswana that it may add the country to its list of third countries with weak money-laundering and terrorist financing regimes on 1 October, sending Gaborone's officials and diplomats into overdrive. The fallout could be huge for Botswana whose economy depends heavily on exports to the EU. [...]
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Gabarone ready to reveal companies' true owners in bid to please money-laundering watchdog

Botswana was removed from the Financial Action Task Force's notorious grey list by the skin of its teeth last October and is now seeking to implement reforms it promised to the global money-laundering watchdog. New laws are planned to force companies to make public the names of those who benefit from them.

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