Myanmar's Progress Report: Anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism

Regarding Myanmar's progress report on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism, the Asia Pacific Joint Group (APJG) held a face-to-face meeting from September 3 to September 4, in the Macao Special Administrative Region of China.

The Myanmar delegation led by Daw Than Than Swe, Governor of the Central Bank of Myanmar, attended the meeting, and explained the work progress being implemented by Myanmar.

In the discussions, the CBM Governor briefed that its rule-of-law agencies have made progress in using FIU intelligence in investigations, enhancing analysis and sharing of financial data, acting on suspicious transaction reports, investigating and prosecuting money laundering based on risk, conducting parallel financial investigations with ongoing criminal cases, cooperating internationally on cross-border cases, seizing and managing crime proceeds and related assets, and ensuring effective asset preservation and transfer to the State Treasury.