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An APG high-level delegation visited Colombo, Sri Lanka from 6 to 8 September 2023 to discuss Sri Lanka’s preparation for its next evaluation in the APG’s fourth round commencing in 2025.

The 3rd round APG Mutual Evaluation Report for Nepal was adopted by the APG membership in July 2023 and is now available for download.

The Typology Report on Money Laundering Associated with Tax Crimes in the Asia/Pacific, jointly prepared by the Australian Tax Office and the APG, was adopted by the APG membership at its Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada (July, 2023).

At the annual meeting in July 2023, the APG membership admitted Tuvalu as its newest member, and Kazakhstan and United Arab Emirates as its newest observers. All three committed to the values and goals of the APG and were admitted unanimously.

The 3rd round APG Mutual Evaluation Reports (MERs) for Lao PDR and Brunei Darussalam were adopted by the APG membership in July 2023 and are now available for download.

The APG’s 2023 Annual Meeting and Technical Assistance and Training (TA&T) Forum was attended by over 300 international delegates during the week of 10 July in Vancouver, British Columbia.

A meeting of the Pacific AML/CFT Supervisors’ Forum was held on 30 May to 1 June 2023 in Auckland, New Zealand.

Three in-person workshops on financial investigations for law enforcement authorities in the Pacific region were conducted between March and May 2023.

Mr Razim Buksh, Director of the Fiji FIU, and head of Fiji’s delegation to the APG for over 20 years, has been presented with a Certificate of Appreciation signed by the APG Co-Chairs.