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The onsite visit for the mutual evaluation of Indonesia was conducted from 6 to 17 November 2017.

The APG welcomes the publication by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) of its guidance paper and model legal provisions as key inputs to assist APG members to understand both the policy and technical elements of the global standards to combat proliferation financing (PF).

King’s College London has carried out an analysis of key data relating to DPRK, Iran, Syria, Pakistan and India provided by a number of governments and financial institutions, as well as information in the records of judicial proceedings, UN Panel reports and media reports.

The mutual evaluation reports of Cambodia and Mongolia are now available from the mutual evaluation section of the website.

The APG secretariat supported the delivery of an assessor training workshop from 28 August to 1 September in Canberra, Australia, hosted and funded by the Government of Australia.

The APG held its 20th annual meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 17 to 21 July 2017. The meeting was chaired by the APG co-chairs, Mr H Amarathunga, Director of the Sri Lanka Financial Intelligence Unit and Deputy Commissioner Leanne Close of the Australian Federal Police.

Wildlife crime is a serious threat to thousands of species. This report provides case studies, key finding, recommendations and good practices to assist the detection, investigation and disruption of illicit financial flows from wildlife crime.

The APG conducted a US-funded money laundering and criminal asset confiscation investigation training workshop in Suva, Fiji from 19 to 22 June 2017.

The APG Secretariat hosted the APG’s 7th assessor training workshop using the 2013 FATF assessment methodology from 1-5 May in Sydney, Australia