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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has been accused of supporting money laundering by its members. Southern Africa Network Against Corruption (SANAC) says some of the LAZ members were used by the Patriotic Front to engage in money laundering.<\/p>\n

SANAC Executive Director Gregory Chifire says the LAZ\u2019s position on the eligibility of former Kabushi Member of Parliament Bowman Lusambo and and former Kwacha MP Joseph Malanji lacks legal basis. Chifire adds that the position is based on the LAZ\u2019s romance with PF.<\/p>\n

He also points out that Equitas Legal Practitioners a firm which is attached to the LAZ president was used for payments in excess of K5 million and calls on the organisation to put its house in order.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has been accused of supporting money laundering by its members. Southern Africa Network Against Corruption (SANAC) says some of the LAZ members were used by the Patriotic Front to engage in money laundering. SANAC Executive Director Gregory Chifire says the LAZ\u2019s position on the eligibility of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":29903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,9,16],"tags":[234,235,233],"class_list":["post-29904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-miscellaneous","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nLAZ accused of supporting money laundering - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has been accused of supporting money laundering by its members. 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