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Singapore To Host Asia Pacific Meeting On Money Laundering
July 08, 2010 20:17 PM
SINGAPORE, July 8 (Bernama) - Over 300 senior government officials from the Asia Pacific region and around the world will meet here next week to discuss key developments and policy issues on anti-money laundering and the counter-financing of terrorism.
The 13th Annual Meeting and the related 9th Annual Technical Assistance and Training Forum of the Asia/Pacific Group (APG) on Money Laundering will be held concurrently at the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre from July 12 to 16.
The APG annual meeting will also review the progress made by APG members in implementing the international standards on anti-money laundering and the counter-financing of terrorism established by the group's Financial Action Task Force, according to the Singapore Home Affairs Ministry in a statement Thursday.
The week-long series of meetings will be chaired by the current APG Co-Chairs Ong Hian Sun, the Singapore Police Force Commercial Affairs Department Director, and Commissioner Tony Negus of Australian Federal Police.
The APG annual meeting will be officiated by Singapore Law Minister K. Shanmugam, who is also the Second Minister for Home Affairs, on July 13.
-- BERNAMA
July 08, 2010 20:17 PM
SINGAPORE, July 8 (Bernama) - Over 300 senior government officials from the Asia Pacific region and around the world will meet here next week to discuss key developments and policy issues on anti-money laundering and the counter-financing of terrorism.
The 13th Annual Meeting and the related 9th Annual Technical Assistance and Training Forum of the Asia/Pacific Group (APG) on Money Laundering will be held concurrently at the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre from July 12 to 16.
The APG annual meeting will also review the progress made by APG members in implementing the international standards on anti-money laundering and the counter-financing of terrorism established by the group's Financial Action Task Force, according to the Singapore Home Affairs Ministry in a statement Thursday.
The week-long series of meetings will be chaired by the current APG Co-Chairs Ong Hian Sun, the Singapore Police Force Commercial Affairs Department Director, and Commissioner Tony Negus of Australian Federal Police.
The APG annual meeting will be officiated by Singapore Law Minister K. Shanmugam, who is also the Second Minister for Home Affairs, on July 13.
-- BERNAMA
