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The 2016 APG Annual Meeting and Technical Assistance and Training Forum will be held in San Diego, California, United States from 5-8 September 2016. This meeting will take place at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina.

The APG Co-Chairs have issued APG Policy Statement - Observers 2015 which sets out the APG's policy on observer jurisdictions and observer organisations and includes a recent decision by the APG membership in July 2015 on member/observer outreach.

The APG Annual Report 2014-2015, with independently audited financial statements and incorporating the outcomes of the 18th Annual Meeting and Technical Assistance and Training Forum in Auckland, New Zealand in July 2015 is now available for download

The APG is pleased to announce that Australia has appointed a new Co-Chair, Australian Federal Police Deputy Commissioner Leanne Close. Deputy Commissioner Leanne Close's biography and photo can be found in the Co-Chair section of this website.

The APG held its 18th Annual Meeting in Auckland, New Zealand from 13 to 17 July 2015. The meeting was co-chaired by Mr Rajesh Chhana, New Zealand Ministry of Justice and Mr Andrew Colvin, Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police.

The APG Secretariat is pleased to announce that New Zealand has nominated a new Co-Chair, Mr Rajesh Chhana, following the retirement of Mr Frank McLaughlin.

The 36th Asia Region Law Enforcement Management Program (ARLEMP) was held in November 2014 in Ho Chi Minh City & jointly organized by the Australian Federal Police, Vietnam Police & RMIT University (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) Vietnam.

APG members have issued a public statement calling upon Vanuatu to promptly address its AML/CFT deficiencies.

The APG Annual Report 2013-2014, with independently audited financial statements and incorporating the outcomes of the 17th Annual Meeting and Technical Assistance and Training Forum in Macao, China in July 2014 is now available for download.