- A giant milestone was reached in Lesotho’s war against corruption when the Minister of Finance and Development Planning Dr Timothy Thahane tabled before Parliament the long awaited Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime Bill, 2007 yesterday. Although the Bill was met with mixed feelings in Parliament with members of the ruling party strongly lauding it while the opposition described it as government’s ploy to lure and impress the outside world, analysts have described it as an important achievement, a tool that shall improve the corruption and economic offences act of 1999. The Finance Minister has described it as “one of the weapons Lesotho’s government will use to fight corruption.” T…