Steering Committee for Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Strategy’s 2/2564 meeting

On 12 May 2021, Mr. Wissanu Krea-ngam, Deputy Prime Minister chaired the 2/2564 meeting of the Steering Committee for Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Strategy via videoconference. The meeting attended by Police Major General Piyapan Pingmuang, Acting Secretary-General of Anti Money Laundering Board, and Assistant Secretary-General, and representatives from relevant agencies. The meeting endorsed the results of the re-rating request for Thailand’s technical compliance with the international AML/CFT standards in Recommendations 13, 16, 19 and 20 from Partially Compliant to Largely Compliant, as well as the plan for the amendment of the law on NPOs supervision, the addition of people smuggling offense as predicate offense, Thailand’s accessions to Convention and Protocol related to Counter-Terrorism Financing in line with international standards. The meeting also approved the decision to apply for FATF membership and establishing a sub-committee for the preparation.