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The 2024 APG Typologies Report was adopted at the 2024 Typologies Workshop held in Kuala Lumper, Malaysia, from 11-13 November 2024.

The 3rd Round APG Mutual Evaluation Reports (MERs) for Nauru, the Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste were adopted by the APG membership in September 2024 and have now been published.

The mutual evaluation (ME) of Niue hit another milestone last week, with a virtual pre-onsite meeting held virtually from 24-25 October 2024.

The 2024 APG Annual Meeting and Technical Assistance and Training (TA&T) Forum was attended by over 400 delegates from across the Asia/Pacific during the week of 23 September in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Based on an invitation from H.E. the Prime Minster of Vanuatu, an APG team visited Port Vila from 20-23 August to provide intensive Mutual Evaluation (ME) preparation assistance with approximately two years to go before Vanuatu’s next ME.

In June 2024 the Canadian APG Co-Chair, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister Julien Brazeau attended the Annual FATF-FSRB High-Level Meeting, held in Singapore.

The second in-person meeting of the Pacific AML/CFT Supervisors’ Forum was held from 10 to 11 July 2024 in Brisbane, Australia.

The Pacific Banking Forum, hosted by the Australian and United States Governments was held in Brisbane, Australia from 8 to 9 July 2024.

Following an international selection exercise the APG Co-chairs have appointed Dr Chris Black as the new APG Executive Secretary commencing 10 June 2024.