{"id":497,"date":"2023-01-05T19:55:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T19:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.2.253\/?page_id=497"},"modified":"2025-04-08T10:13:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T08:13:58","slug":"taxation-and-finical-crime","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/index.php\/taxation-and-finical-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Taxation and\u00a0Financial\u00a0Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Tax.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Taxation and Financial Crimes Unit (TFCU) of NPA is in charge of prosecutions with regard to white-collar and other general commercial crimes, as well as corruption and drugs cases. Prosecutors in the TFCU also advise on cases investigated by the Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) for suitability for prosecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The duties of prosecutors of the TFCU include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>evaluating evidence disclosed during the course of investigations carried out by enforcement agencies, such as the Drug Enforcement Commission, Zambia Police Service \u2013 Anti Frauds Unit.;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>rendering legal advice to these enforcement agencies;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>where necessary, directing further investigations to be carried out.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;With an organized approach to the prosecution of&nbsp;serious economic and financial crimes including&nbsp;tax evasion, it is hoped that the NPA can contribute to developing a Zambia that is prosperous and economically independent.&nbsp;Economic growth will inevitably translate to a better standard of living for every Zambian citizen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due to the trans-jurisdictional nature of economic crimes&nbsp;and the advent of cybercrime the unit also offers&nbsp;assistance and guidance to law enforcement agencies&nbsp;on issues of Mutual Legal Assistance.&nbsp;This involves engaging foreign governments in order to facilitate investigations and the gathering of evidence for use in the Courts of the Law of Zambia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Taxation and Financial Crimes Unit (TFCU) of NPA is in charge of prosecutions with regard to white-collar and other general commercial crimes, as well as corruption and drugs cases. Prosecutors in the TFCU also advise on cases investigated by the Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) for suitability for prosecution. The duties of prosecutors of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-497","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4765,"href":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/497\/revisions\/4765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.npa.gov.zm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}