The Agency Against Corruption and Department of International and Cross-Strait Legal Affairs, Ministry of Justice have jointly dispatched the officials to attend the APEC Network of Anti-Corruption Authorities and Law Enforcement Agencies (ACT-NET) Training Workshop on Asset Recovery on 20-22 March, 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand.

As a mechanism under the auspices of ACTWG (Anti-Corruption and Transparency Working Group), the ACT-NET will coordinate with other anti-corruption organizations and activities to facilitate contact, communication, and capacity building among regional anti-corruption partners, and advance pragmatic cooperation in fighting corruption, bribery, money laundering, and illicit trade.

The workshop was co-hosted by The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection/the Ministry of Supervision of China, the National Anti-Corruption Commission of Thailand, and the Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 30 experts lectured at the workshop while over 100 participants representing 21 APEC economies, Switzerland, 7 international organizations, legal professionals, and relevant academia participated. Discussion topics included “Basic principles and International Framework in Asset Recovery”, “Tracing Assets and Anti-Money Laundering”, “Freezing and Confiscating Assets”, “Repatriation of Proceeds of Corruption” and “Interactive session on Guidelines for Asset Recovery”.

In addition to the participation of the workshop, the delegation also visited the Anti-Money Laundry Office, AMLO and the Office of Attorney General, OAG of Thailand. Both of them had a discussion on the issue of money laundry and mutual legal assistance.