On 22 January 2021, at Meeting Room 301, Command Building 1, Government House, Mr. Wissanu Krea-ngam, Deputy Prime Minister chaired the meeting of the Steering Committee for Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Strategy. The meeting attended by Police Major General Preecha Jaroensahayanon, Acting Secretary-General of Anti-Money Laundering Board and Police Major General Piyapan Pingmuang, Deputy Secretary-General of the Anti-Money Laundering Board and other representative from relevant agencies. The Meeting approved the progress report on the compliance with AML/CFT international standards (Follow-up Report) to be submitted to the Asia-Pacific Anti-Money Laundering Group (APG) in February 2021 and seeking for an up-grade to the technical compliance status for 5 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations to strengthen measures to protect the financial system and the abuse of business sectors for money laundering and terrorism financing. With strong cooperation among relevant authorities, Thailand is able to request for an upgrade 1 year ahead of the plan. The upgrade will improve Thailand compliance status to the level of regular follow-up, which will promote Thailand’s image and international investment attraction.