Understanding the 24-hour STR clock
Every STR case in Ustawi carries a 24-hour statutory filing clock. It exists so the window to file is never a matter of memory — the platform timestamps the case at detection and shows how much of the window remains, right up to the deadline.
What starts the clock
The clock starts when the required suspicion is formed — the moment the institution's compliance staff, following their own workflow, conclude a transaction is suspicious and open the STR case. From that timestamp the platform counts down the 24-hour window and keeps the remaining time in view.
How the remaining window is shown
As the case progresses from detection through drafting to export, the countdown travels with it, so an MLRO always knows whether a case is comfortably inside the window or approaching the deadline. For example, a case might show "19h left" early on and "1h left" as the deadline nears.
What happens if it is missed
The platform tracks the window; it cannot file on your behalf. If the deadline passes, that is a compliance matter for the institution to handle with its supervisor — the value of the clock is that it makes the window visible early enough to act, not that it enforces the law itself. The case and its timeline remain in the audit trail regardless of outcome.
The platform tracks an indicative 24-hour clock from detection. Confirm the exact filing requirement against the current rules of the Financial Intelligence Unit and Tanzania's Anti-Money Laundering framework before treating it as final.