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The 2020 APG Yearly Typologies Report includes approximately 120 cases received from 19 member jurisdictions and APG observers.

The APG 3rd Round Mutual Evaluation Procedures 2020 were adopted by APG members on 31 July 2020 and are available for download.

The APG is pleased to announce that Mr. Marzunisham Omar, Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Malaysia has commenced the role of rotating APG Co-Chair for 2020-22.

APG response to COVID-19

The APG Co-Chairs regretfully announce that, due to the extraordinary circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic emergency, the annual meeting scheduled for July in Dhaka, Bangladesh is unable to proceed.

The FATF president recently made a statement on countering serious financial crime in the current COVID-19 environment outlining how countries must remain vigilant in relation to financial fraud and exploitation scams, trafficking in counterfeit medicines and other areas of concern and risk.

APG secretariat delivered a strategic planning workshop with the Solomon Islands on 4-6 February 2020, to assist authorities to respond to the findings of the 2019 Mutual Evaluation Report.

The APG secretariat delivered a national AML/CFT awareness raising workshop with the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) on 29-31 January 2020.

The onsite visit for Vietnam’s 2nd mutual evaluation was conducted from 4 November 2019 to 15 November 2019 in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.