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The government of Australia will host the 2019 APG annual meeting and technical assistance forum at Hotel Realm in Canberra, Australia from 18 to 23 August 2019.

The Joint APG and Middle East & North Africa FATF (MENAFATF) typologies report on Social Media and Terrorism Financing was initiated following the 2016 Joint APG/MENAFATF Typologies workshop, which was held in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The 2018 EAG/APG Joint Typologies Workshop was held in Novosibirsk, Russian Federation, from 3-5 December 2018, hosted by the Russian Federation.

Following an extensive world-wide recruitment involving an independent executive search firm and selection process, the APG Co-Chairs are pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Erin Lubowicz to the role of Deputy Executive Secretary commencing 1 August 2019.

The onsite visit for Solomon Islands’ 2nd mutual evaluation took place from 22 October – 2 November 2018 in Honiara.

An APG mutual evaluation team visited Islamabad, Pakistan from 8 - 19 October 2018 to conduct a two-week on-site visit for Pakistan’s third round mutual evaluation.

Four Mutual Evaluation Reports were adopted at the APG's Annual Meeting in July 2018. These reports are now available from the mutual evaluation section of the website.

Seven Mutual Evaluation Follow-Up Reports were adopted at the APG's Annual Meeting in July 2018. These reports are now available from the mutual evaluation section of the website.

On 20-21 August 2018, the IOSCO Asia Pacific Hub together with the Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) organised a two-day workshop on Countering Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing in Securities Markets in Kuala Lumpur.