Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering

APG’s Annual Report 2024-25 highlights efforts to strengthen AML/CFT regimes, tackle emerging risks like virtual assets and cyber fraud, build regional expertise, and enhance cross-border action

by AdrianaAMLP | Jan 8, 2026

The report details APG’s governance, capacity-building initiatives, mutual evaluation preparations, technical assistance, and workshops aimed at supporting national implementation of FATF standards. It underscores the importance of regional cooperation, cross-border...

FATF-APG’s 2025 Mutual Evaluation Report on Malaysia commends its strengthened AML/CFT framework, while noting gaps in prosecutions, international cooperation, and preventive measures

by AdrianaAMLP | Dec 10, 2025

The report acknowledges that Malaysia has significantly bolstered its anti-money-laundering, counter-terrorist-financing and counter-proliferation financing measures, with a comprehensive legal framework, enhanced supervision across financial and non-financial...

APGML’s follow-up report finds Myanmar has improved BO and trust rules but still falls short on key AML/CFT areas, including supervision, asset recovery, and tackling cross-border ML/TF networks

by AdrianaAMLP | Nov 17, 2025

Myanmar’s limited progress results in two upgraded ratings—R.7 improves after new requirements to collect and verify beneficial-ownership information for legal persons, and R.25 improves following clearer obligations for trustees, nominee shareholders and company...

APGML’s follow-up review of Nauru shows an improved supervisory framework, yet the Pacific island nation still faces gaps in beneficial-ownership transparency and risk-based supervision

by AdrianaAMLP | Nov 17, 2025

Nauru’s sole re-rating upgrades Recommendation 29 to Compliant after the jurisdiction introduced a fully independent Financial Intelligence Unit with clear legal powers for analysis, dissemination and supervision, contributing to an overall tally of 38 Recommendations...

APGML’s Mutual Evaluation follow-up report notes that despite stronger AML/CFT laws, Lao PDR still struggles with weak supervision, limited use of financial intelligence, and inadequate asset recovery

by AdrianaAMLP | Nov 17, 2025

The country improves technical compliance significantly by re-rating eight recommendations—such as R.3 (criminalisation of money-laundering), R.5 (terrorist financing offence) and R.11/20 (financial intelligence and secrecy laws)—reflecting reforms to its AML/CFT law...

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APG’s Annual Report 2024-25 highlights efforts to strengthen AML/CFT regimes, tackle emerging risks like virtual assets and cyber fraud, build regional expertise, and enhance cross-border action

FATF-APG’s 2025 Mutual Evaluation Report on Malaysia commends its strengthened AML/CFT framework, while noting gaps in prosecutions, international cooperation, and preventive measures

APGML’s follow-up report finds Myanmar has improved BO and trust rules but still falls short on key AML/CFT areas, including supervision, asset recovery, and tackling cross-border ML/TF networks

APGML’s follow-up review of Nauru shows an improved supervisory framework, yet the Pacific island nation still faces gaps in beneficial-ownership transparency and risk-based supervision

APGML’s Mutual Evaluation follow-up report notes that despite stronger AML/CFT laws, Lao PDR still struggles with weak supervision, limited use of financial intelligence, and inadequate asset recovery

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