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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.

The face-to-face meetings for Nauru’s mutual evaluation were conducted from 8-11 April 2024 in Brisbane, Australia.

The Face-to-Face visit for Timor-Leste’s APG Mutual Evaluation was conducted from 18 to 21 March 2024 in Dili, Timor-Leste.

On Friday, 1 March the APG Co-Chair Deputy Commissioner Ian McCartney, alongside the APG Secretariat farewelled Gordon Hook after 18 years as the Executive Secretary of the APG.

March is International Fraud Prevention Month.

The Executive Office of Anti-Money Laundering & Counter Terrorism Financing will host the 2024 APG Annual Meeting and Technical Assistance & Training Forum from 22-27 September 2024 at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi.

On 21 December 2023 the Canadian Co-Chair, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister of Finance, Julien Brazeau, and the APG Executive Secretary, Dr Gordon Hook, met with the Executive Director of the UN’s CTED, Ms Natalia Gherman, in New York.

The Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering publishes regional typologies reports on an annual basis to assist stakeholders better understand the nature of existing and emerging ML, TF and PF threats and pursue effective strategies in response.