Tanzania Begins Preparing for Third Anti-Money Laundering Evaluation

What changed

Tanzania has begun preparing for its third mutual evaluation of efforts to combat money laundering, terrorist financing and the financing of weapons-of-mass-destruction proliferation, scheduled for 2028.

Deputy Finance Minister Engineer Mshamu Ali Munde opened preparatory training in Morogoro and called on the Financial Intelligence Unit, Police Force, PCCB and TISS to work together, share information and show clear evidence of results.

Why it matters

The exercise is bigger than an FIU checklist. Tanzania is being asked to demonstrate how its laws, supervisors and enforcement institutions work together in practice.

Officials say Tanzania made progress in earlier evaluations but still needs stronger compliance with international standards and better proof of implementation. That puts coordination at the centre of the next two years: agencies must understand their separate duties, exchange information and develop joint responses to obstacles.

The government says it will strengthen legal and supervisory frameworks, but it has not specified which changes are planned or what result it is targeting in 2028. The clearest early signal is therefore procedural: Tanzania is trying to turn preparation into an institution-wide effort before evaluators arrive.