APG’s 23rd annual meeting in July in Dhaka
The event will be co-chaired by Abu Hena Mohd Razee Hassan, head of Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit
Bangladesh is going to host the annual general meeting of the Asia-Pacific Group on Money Laundering for the first time.
Five hundred international delegates are expected to attend the meeting to be held from July 19-24, 2020 in Dhaka.
The event will be co-chaired by Abu Hena Mohd Razee Hassan, head of Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit.
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The Asia-Pacific Group on Money Laundering is an inter-governmental organisation, with 41 member jurisdictions, focuses to ensure that its members effectively implement the international standards against money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing related to weapons for mass destruction.
Abu Hena Mohd Razee Hassan told The Business Standard, "It will be a big gathering of Asia-Pacific Group on Money Laundering's member jurisdictions and other international organisations. We will discuss plans after evaluating the recent global situation."
In August 2019, the organisation's 22nd annual meeting was held in Canberra, Australia. The event was co-chaired by Deputy Commissioner Leanne Close of the Australian Federal Police.
The organisation has grown considerably since 1997 and is a part of a global network of similar bodies, referred to as Financial Action Task Force-Style Regional Bodies (FSRBs) and is the largest in terms of membership numbers and geographical size.
Some of the key international organisations that support the Asia-Pacific Group on Money Laundering include the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the UN's Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate, Asian Development Bank, Commonwealth Secretariat, Interpol and the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units.
