FATF-APG finds Malaysia has strengthened its AML/CFT/CPF system with solid risk understanding, cooperation and legal frameworks, but still shows moderate effectiveness in key areas like prosecutions, enforcement, supervision and asset recovery despite notable progress

The report concludes that Malaysia has enhanced its anti-money-laundering, counter-terrorist-financing and counter-proliferation-financing framework with improved risk assessments, domestic coordination and international cooperation, reflecting substantial technical compliance with FATF standards. However, effectiveness remains moderate in critical outcomes such as translating investigations into prosecutions, proportional sanctions, risk-based supervision, and systematic asset recovery (outside major cases like 1MDB), indicating the need for further targeted reforms.