A VIRTUAL “TYPOLOGIES WORKSHOP” WAS ORGANIZED BY THE ASIA/PACIFIC GROUP ON MONEY LAUNDERING.

The Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering conducts an annual typologies workshop among the member countries. In this workshop, delegates discuss about examples and cases related to money laundering and the financing of terrorism during the year, and share their experiences and knowledge.

Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 APG Typologies workshop was hosted in virtual format and attended by delegates from 41 countries and international organizations, including the Financial Action Task Force (FATF),  Egmont group, the Euroasian group on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism, which is a FATF-style regional body, the Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police and the South Pacific Lawyers` Association. The Financial Information Unit mainly participates at the workshop representing Mongolia, but the representatives of the Mongol Bank, the National Counter Terrorism Council and the National Police Agency co-participates in this year`s workshop. 

The key streams of the workshop, which was lasted for four days, focused on discussion on “Foreign fighters on terrorism” and “Digital know-your-customer and identification” and sharing experiences.