Zambia has assumed the presidency of the Asset Recovery Inter‑Agency Network for Southern Africa (ARINSA) and pledged a renewed regional push to crack down on transnational financial crime and recover illicit assets flowing across borders.
According to state media reports here on Friday, Zambia’s Deputy Chief State Advocate Margaret Kapambwe was appointed ARINSA president during the organisation’s annual general meeting held in Zimbabwe.
Kapambwe, who is heads the Asset Forfeiture Department at Zambia’s National Prosecution Authority, succeeds Zimbabwe’s Deputy Prosecutor General Chris Mutangadura whose two‑year term strengthened cross‑border judicial cooperation.
Established in 2009, the Pretoria-based ARINSA brings together investigators, prosecutors and financial intelligence experts from 17 countries to trace, freeze and recover illicit wealth.
Current ARINSA member countries are Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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