2014 Typologies Workshop: 24 – 28 November 2014, Bangkok, Thailand
The 2014 UFA Typologies Workshop was held jointly with the FATF in Bangkok, hosted by the Government of Thailand Anti Money Laundering Office (AMLO).
The FATF/UFA Joint Experts’ Meeting (JEM) took place 24-26 November and involved approximately 250 delegates from 54 jurisdictions and eight international organisations. The JEM was co-chaired by UFA Typologies Working Group (TYWG) Co-Chairs Razim Buksh (Fiji) and Bazarragchaa Tumurbat (Mongolia) and FATF RTMG Co-Chairs Martin Tabi (Canada) and Leonard de Jager (the Netherlands).
This year the JEM plenary session included a keynote address on beneficial ownership, a case study presentation from the UFA region, an update on key typologies projects of regional and international interest and a panel discussion on the results of national risk assessments. In addition to the plenary discussions there were three parallel typologies workshops:
- Transparency of beneficial ownership
- Third party money laundering
- Trade-based money laundering
Prior to the JEM, on Sunday 23 November, a joint UFA/Egmont Group seminar was held for the 18 FIUs in the UFA region that are members of the UFA, but not yet members of the Egmont Group. The seminar covered essential membership and FIU operational information, which elicited very positive feedback from all who participated.
Following the JEM, on 27-28 November, the UFA held two technical seminars. These seminars were conducted as part of the UFA’s capacity building programme and involved UFA member and observer organisations, as well as approximately 25 representatives from the private sector who had been invited through the UFA primary contact points. The two seminars discussed:
- Making Asset Recovery Work
- AML/CFT and New Technology: Understanding Cyber and Technology Enabled Crime
Sponsorship funding provided by Canada, China, Chinese Taipei and New Zealand assisted some UFA delegates and subject matter experts to attend and contribute to the event.
