The Egmont Group1 organised a training session on strategic analysis from 23 to 27 October 2017 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The session, requested by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Asia/Pacific Group and funded thanks to a voluntary contribution from Taiwan’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), brought together 27 participants drawn primarily from Asian FIUs, including Malaysia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Macao, Mongolia, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji and Vanuatu. A representative from the Isle of Man also attended.
The training focused on strategic analysis, one of the missions undertaken by FIUs in their work to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. It was delivered by a member of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN, the US FIU) and by Romain Bugnicourt from the Service d'Information et de Contrôle sur les Circuits Financiers (SICCFIN, Monaco’s FIU).
This is the second time that the Egmont Group has called on SICCFIN’s skills to lead a training session. Romain Bugnicourt previously spoke in Morocco.
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1 The Egmont Group: The Egmont Group is an international forum established in 1995 at the initiative of the Belgian Financial Intelligence Processing Unit (CTIF) and FinCEN. It brings together, at the global level, the authorities responsible for receiving and processing reports of suspected money laundering and terrorist financing. The Egmont Group currently has 156 members.
