South Africa

Risk Intelligence Briefing — Multi-Factor Jurisdictional Analysis

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Region

Sub-Saharan Africa

ISO Code

ZAF

Live Audit Feed Jul 01, 2026

Risk Factor Breakdown

Money Laundering

FATF / AML 20.0

US INCSR 57.0

Terrorist Financing

GTI Index 51.0

Sanctions Regime

Total Hits 0

Intensity 100.0

Corruption Risks

TI CPI 41.0

WGI Score 59.0

Global Indexes

Criminality 6.2

Resilience 4.3

Transparency

EU Tax List 90.0

Offshore Centers

OFC Score 14.0

Conduit 3.0

Composite Risk

66.78 Medium

Overall Risk Score

66.78 Medium

Multi-Dimensional Risk Vector

Aggregated risk factors across institutional dimensions

Parameter	Value	Description
fatf_weight	0.35	Weight applied to FATF score used.
cpi_weight	0.2	Weight applied to direct CPI score or CPI regional benchmark.
cc_weight	0.1	Weight applied to World Bank Control of Corruption.
va_weight	0.05	Weight applied to Voice & Accountability.
rl_weight	0.1	Weight applied to Rule of Law.
rq_weight	0.1	Weight applied to Regulatory Quality.
ge_weight	0.05	Weight applied to Government Effectiveness.
sanctions_weight	0.05	Weight applied to sanctions overlay.
calibration_factor	1	Post-weight calibration factor.
grey_list_override_score	49	FATF grey-list default capped score.
black_list_override_score	24	FATF black-list default capped score.
list_penalty_points	10	Penalty points when country is on FATF grey/black list.
fatf_fallback_penalty_points	7.5	Penalty points when direct FATF assessment is unavailable.
data_gap_penalty_per_missing_wgi	1.5	Penalty for each missing WGI dimension.
base_confidence_direct_fatf	35	Base confidence when direct FATF data exists.
base_confidence_list_only	28	Base confidence when list status exists but no direct FATF assessment.
base_confidence_proxy_only	20	Base confidence when only proxies are used.
confidence_per_wgi_dimension	6	Confidence points per direct WGI dimension present.
confidence_cpi_direct_bonus	10	Confidence bonus when direct CPI data is present.
confidence_floor_adjustment	0	Manual adjustment if needed.
critical_threshold_max	24	0-24 = Critical/Prohibited.
high_threshold_max	49	25-49 = High.
medium_threshold_max	74	50-74 = Medium. Above this = Low.

Parameter

Value

Description

fatf_weight

0.35

Weight applied to FATF score used.

cpi_weight

0.2

Weight applied to direct CPI score or CPI regional benchmark.

cc_weight

0.1

Weight applied to World Bank Control of Corruption.

va_weight

0.05

Weight applied to Voice & Accountability.

rl_weight

0.1

Weight applied to Rule of Law.

rq_weight

0.1

Weight applied to Regulatory Quality.

ge_weight

0.05

Weight applied to Government Effectiveness.

sanctions_weight

0.05

Weight applied to sanctions overlay.

calibration_factor

Post-weight calibration factor.

grey_list_override_score

FATF grey-list default capped score.

black_list_override_score

FATF black-list default capped score.

list_penalty_points

Penalty points when country is on FATF grey/black list.

fatf_fallback_penalty_points

7.5

Penalty points when direct FATF assessment is unavailable.

data_gap_penalty_per_missing_wgi

1.5

Penalty for each missing WGI dimension.

base_confidence_direct_fatf

Base confidence when direct FATF data exists.

base_confidence_list_only

Base confidence when list status exists but no direct FATF assessment.

base_confidence_proxy_only

Base confidence when only proxies are used.

confidence_per_wgi_dimension

Confidence points per direct WGI dimension present.

confidence_cpi_direct_bonus

Confidence bonus when direct CPI data is present.

confidence_floor_adjustment

Manual adjustment if needed.

critical_threshold_max

0-24 = Critical/Prohibited.

high_threshold_max

25-49 = High.

medium_threshold_max

50-74 = Medium. Above this = Low.