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Opinion: Zambia Needs a Smarter Approach to Trade Fraud Detection

Manual audits cannot keep pace with cross-border trade volume. Risk-scoring models built on mirror statistics offer a faster, fairer alternative.

Opinion: Zambia Needs a Smarter Approach to Trade Fraud Detection

The case for risk-based triage

A risk-scoring approach built on mirror-trade statistics offers a targeted path to flag the trading relationships most likely to involve under-invoicing.



Why this matters now

The technology already exists. What's needed is institutional commitment to operationalize it.

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