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The APG participated in the ‘Virtual Asset Supervision and Law Enforcement Workshop’ in Taipei City, Chinese Taipei on 13 March 2023. The workshop was attended by a range of agencies and explored the following topics: • FATF Rec 15 and beneficial own

The onsite visit for Nepal’s 3rd APG Mutual Evaluation was conducted from 5 to 16 December 2022 in Kathmandu, Nepal.

The fourth and final session of the virtual APG Training Series on Implementation of the FATF Standards relating to Virtual Assets and Virtual Asset Service Providers, was held on 8 December 2022.

The onsite visit for Brunei Darussalam’s 3rd APG Mutual Evaluation was conducted from 7 to 18 November 2022 in Bandar Seri Begawan.

From 25-27 October 2022, the APG Secretariat conducted a Pre-ME assistance visit to Dili to support Timor-Leste’s preparations for its upcoming 2023-24 Mutual Evaluation.

The first APG mutual evaluation onsite visit since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic has taken place with the onsite visit for Lao PDR’s 2nd APG Mutual Evaluation held from 12 September 2022 to 23 September 2022 in Vientiane.

In July 2022, the APG membership adopted the February 2022 Follow Up Reports of Cambodia and Myanmar. Both of these reports considered requests for re-ratings of technical compliance.

The APG held an assessor training workshop for experts from across the region from 22 – 26 August 2022.

The 2022 APG Typologies Report includes a focus chapter on IUU fishing, summaries of typologies research projects completed by the FATF and FSRBs, effects of COVID-19 related ML and TF trends and Proliferation Financing Methods & Trends.