The National Bank of Ethiopia has issued a directive namely Directive No 931/2022 effective as of October 6, 2022 that provide reimbursements to informants of crimes, maintaining their confidentiality, involving illegal money transfer in cash, gold and foreign currencies. The informant shall be handsomely be compensated 15% of cut seized cash or gold or foreign currency. When it comes to seized forged cash notes, depending on the amount seized, the compensation to the informant ranges from ETB 20,000 to ETB 200,000.