Section 2: Background

2.1 The Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) is a Government of Uganda Agency established on July 1, 2014 under Section 18 of the Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA), 2013, to coordinate the implementation of the country's Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) regime. It is the central national agency in Uganda, responsible for the receipt and analysis of financial disclosures from accountable persons and dissemination of financial intelligence to competent authorities. 2.2 The FIA collects and collates information on suspicious transactions, large cash and monetary transactions and cross border movement of cash and negotiable bearer instruments from all reporting entities.