The International Conference on Strengthening Cross-border Cooperation in Transnational Crime was held May 20-21 in Taipei City, underscoring the government’s commitment to working with partners to combat fraud.
Organized by the Ministry of Justice, the Executive Yuan’s Anti-Money Laundering Office and the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office, the event brought together experts from Taiwan’s ministries and agencies including the MOJ’s Investigation Bureau, the Ministry of the Interior’s National Police Agency, the Ministry of Digital Affairs and the Financial Supervisory Commission, as well as their counterparts from Estonia, France, Germany, Poland, the Philippines and the U.S., such as the latter’s Federal Bureau of Investigation and Homeland Security Investigations.
Highlights included a keynote speech by Mohammed Shahid Ahmed, chief of staff at the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit and vice-chair of Egmont Group, a united body of 182 financial intelligence units, the MOJ said. Discussion spanned transnational judicial cooperation, technological investigation tools, prevention of virtual asset money laundering and the use of artificial intelligence to enhance fraud investigation, the ministry added.
Minister without Portfolio Lin Ming-hsin said during his opening remarks that no country can address cross-border crime alone. Only through information exchange, international cooperation and institutionalized mutual legal assistance mechanisms can the international community advance global prevention and control capabilities to fight fraud, he noted, citing an agreement on judicial cooperation signed by Taiwan and Paraguay in May.
The government continues to implement version 2.0 of the next-generation anti-fraud strategy guidelines, Lin said, praising Taiwan’s achievements in the investigation of cross-border crimes, seizures of the proceeds of crime and victim protection. He added that Taiwan is committed to bringing anti-money laundering mechanisms in line with international standards and will launch new risk assessments on money laundering, terrorism and weapon proliferation financing, as well as preparing for the fifth round of the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering’s mutual evaluation in 2030.
MOJ Minister Cheng Ming-chien said that the pact inked with Paraguay is the country’s 17th agreement of its kind. He added that the ministry will continue to strengthen relevant international cooperation and observe the country’s version 2.0 guidelines to advance capabilities to combat transnational fraud and money laundering. (YCH-E)
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Organized by the Ministry of Justice, the Executive Yuan’s Anti-Money Laundering Office and the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office, the event brought together experts from Taiwan’s ministries and agencies including the MOJ’s Investigation Bureau, the Ministry of the Interior’s National Police Agency, the Ministry of Digital Affairs and the Financial Supervisory Commission, as well as their counterparts from Estonia, France, Germany, Poland, the Philippines and the U.S., such as the latter’s Federal Bureau of Investigation and Homeland Security Investigations.
Highlights included a keynote speech by Mohammed Shahid Ahmed, chief of staff at the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit and vice-chair of Egmont Group, a united body of 182 financial intelligence units, the MOJ said. Discussion spanned transnational judicial cooperation, technological investigation tools, prevention of virtual asset money laundering and the use of artificial intelligence to enhance fraud investigation, the ministry added.
Minister without Portfolio Lin Ming-hsin said during his opening remarks that no country can address cross-border crime alone. Only through information exchange, international cooperation and institutionalized mutual legal assistance mechanisms can the international community advance global prevention and control capabilities to fight fraud, he noted, citing an agreement on judicial cooperation signed by Taiwan and Paraguay in May.
The government continues to implement version 2.0 of the next-generation anti-fraud strategy guidelines, Lin said, praising Taiwan’s achievements in the investigation of cross-border crimes, seizures of the proceeds of crime and victim protection. He added that Taiwan is committed to bringing anti-money laundering mechanisms in line with international standards and will launch new risk assessments on money laundering, terrorism and weapon proliferation financing, as well as preparing for the fifth round of the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering’s mutual evaluation in 2030.
MOJ Minister Cheng Ming-chien said that the pact inked with Paraguay is the country’s 17th agreement of its kind. He added that the ministry will continue to strengthen relevant international cooperation and observe the country’s version 2.0 guidelines to advance capabilities to combat transnational fraud and money laundering. (YCH-E)
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