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The 2015 APG Typologies and Capacity Building Workshop was held in Kathmandu, Nepal, from 16-20 November 2015, hosted by the Government of Nepal. The workshop involved approximately 230 delegates.

The onsite visit for the 3rd mutual evaluation of Bangladesh was conducted from 11-21 October 2015 in Dhaka.

The onsite visit for the mutual evaluation of Fiji was conducted from 12-23 October 2015 in Suva.

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 has issued an amended public statement in relation to Vanuatu to reflect the adoption of its third round mutual evaluation report and Vanuatu's referral by APG members to the FATF's International Cooperation Review Group.

The Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) has completed assessments of five members’ anti-money laundering (AML)/counter-terrorist financing (CFT) systems.

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 2015 APG Yearly Typologies Report is produced by the APG Typologies Working Group. The report includes observations on Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing techniques and methods drawn from across the APG region.

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.