The Agency Against Corruption, Ministry of Justice Clean Government Conference on Taiwan Custom Administration’s Anti-Money Laundering Mechanism and the United Nations Convention against Corruption
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Taiwan adopted the United Nations Anti-Corruption Convention (UNCAC) by way of domestic legislation in 2016. Article 14 of UNCAC requires States Parties to institute a comprehensive domestic regulatory and supervisory regime for banks and non-bank financial institutions in order to deter and detect all forms of money-laundering, prevent and combat corruption, and suppress the international transfer of illicit assets acquired through corruption. Taiwan’s First National Report on the Implementation of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, published in March 2018, mentions amendments to the Money Laundering Control Act of 28 December 2016 and the establishment of the Anti-Money Laundering Office, Executive Yuan (AMLO) on 16 March 2016 as important milestones in the implementation of Article 14 of UNCAC.
To showcase the outcomes of Taiwan’s implementation of Article 14 of UNCAC, the Agency Against Corruption (AAC), AMLO and Customs Administration, Ministry of Finance (CA) jointly organized the Clean Government Conference on Taiwan Custom Administration’s Anti-Money Laundering Mechanism and the United Nations Convention against Corruption. The conference was held on 12 July 2018 at the Training Institute, Ministry of Finance. Besides a presentation by AAC Deputy Director General Chen, Jung-Chou on The Importance of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, other speakers and topics included a presentation by AMLO Executive Secretary Yu, Li-cheng about from National Money- Laundering Risk to the Tracing of Cash Flow; and CA Department of Investigation Deputy Director Wang, Jui-Chien on Anti-Money Laundering Mechanisms of Taiwan Customs Administration, to engage in exchange with customs officials from Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Sri Lanka, Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland), Japan, and South Korea—all countries favored by Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy or trading partners.
The conference promoted exchange among the customs professions of the attending countries regarding the relationship between clean government and customs practice and reinforced the concrete outcomes of Taiwan’s clean government work through the positive publicity generated by this conference to help promote organizational cultures of transparency, cleanness, and integrity within customs administrations in Taiwan and partner countries.
(Officials and distinguished guests at the conference)
(Proceedings at the conference)