The Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG), of which Macau is a member, has praised Macau’s efforts to fight money laundering and supervise its gaming industry, the Financial Intelligence Office (GIF) said in a statement yesterday.
According to the statement, Macau got the brownie points during the APG’s current 5-day annual meeting in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo. The meeting, which included a forum on technical training and assistance, ends tomorrow.
The GIF statement said that according to the APG Macau achieved “exceptional results” in its technical and legal efforts to fight money laundering, terrorist financing and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
