DAR ES SALAAM: TANZANIA’S Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) has saved over n 14.5bn/- through intensified anti-graft operations, while uncovering a massive 147.5bn/- bank card fraud scheme in one of the country’s largest financial crime busts.
That was revealed today, March 30, 2026, to President Samia Suluhu Hassan at the e State House in Dar es Salaam, receiving a 2024/2025 report of the Controller and Auditor General (CAG), the performance report of the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB), and the Annual Public Procurement Performance Evaluation Report.
Giving his report, the PCCB Director General, Crispin Chalamila, informed the President that the Bureau has saved more than 14.5bn/- through intensified anti-graft operations, while uncovering a massive 147.5bn/- bank card fraud scheme in one of the country’s largest financial crime busts.
Elaborating, the Director said the recovered funds include 10.1bn/- in cash deposited back into government institutions and departments, alongside 4.4bn/- secured through assets and equipment redirected to development projects.
He said the recoveries span multiple sectors, reflecting a crackdown on tax evasion, loan defaults and illegal land transactions.
Additionally, Mr Chalamila stated that among key recoveries, 1.2bn/- was collected from service levy arrears owed to local government authorities by companies, including Mastermind Tobacco Tanzania and Beijing Construction Engineering Group Company Limited.
Another 770m/- involved loan repayments by tobacco cooperative societies that had defaulted on credit issued by NBC Bank, particularly in Kahama District, Shinyanga Region, before PCCB intervention compelled repayment.
In Kahama Municipality, 221m/- was recovered from the sale of plots in Nyasubi area after beneficiaries who had obtained title deeds without settling required payments were forced to comply.
Moreover, he said that between July 2024 and June 2025, PCCB completed investigations into 1,030 cases, up from 728 cases recorded in 2023/24, reflecting increased efficiency in handling corruption-related complaints.
Of the completed cases, 22 involved grand corruption valued at 210.5bn/-.
He also said investigations also exposed a sophisticated international fraud network involving cloned bank cards, through which 147.5bn/- was siphoned from customer accounts without consent.
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The probe revealed that 1,551 cloned cards from 11 countries were used to make payments through 162 companies and five local banks, covering services such as tourism, transport, tax and health insurance.
“Suspects engaged in money laundering, causing losses amounting to 2.6bn/- to some banks,” he said.
Furthermore, he said that 82 tourism companies across Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Dar es Salaam and Mwanza were implicated in the illegal transactions.
By June 2025, PCCB had recovered 678m/- linked to the fraud and returned it to banks.
Mr Chalamila further revealed that in a separate period between July 2025 and February 2026, the bureau saved a staggering 101.8bn/- through ongoing investigations, underscoring the scale and impact of intensified anti-corruption operations nationwide.
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