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Comrade Nguyen Ngoc Canh, Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam, spoke at the Conference. |
Speaking at the Conference, Lieutenant General Nguyen Sy Quang, Director of the Department of Economic Security, said that in recent times, the world and regional situation has continued to develop in a complex and unpredictable manner; trade tensions between major economies have increased; the international financial, monetary, and energy markets still contain many risks; high inflation... have significantly affected our country's economy.
In the field of anti-money laundering, along with the strong development of the digital economy and modern advanced technology, new forms of money laundering have also appeared, with increasingly sophisticated and complex methods and tricks such as online gambling, unlicensed online gaming platforms, through virtual assets, under the guise of fundraising for charity, illegal transportation of currency across borders, money laundering through commercial activities, through "front" companies to conceal illegal sources of money... therefore, the fight against money laundering is an urgent requirement in the current period.
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| Lieutenant General Nguyen Sy Quang, Director of the Department of Economic Security, spoke at the Conference. |
Sharing at the Conference, Comrade Pham Tien Phong, Director of the Anti-Money Laundering Department, said that the work of collecting, analyzing and transferring suspicious transaction information is one of the core activities of the Anti-Money Laundering Department. Since the Law on Anti-Money Laundering was promulgated in 2022, the Anti-Money Laundering Department has received thousands of suspicious transaction reports (STRs) each year, the number of STRs has increased by about 30% over the years. Based on the STRs received from reporting entities, from 2023 to present, the Anti-Money Laundering Department has collected, analyzed and transferred nearly 600 documents related to more than 5,000 STRs to the Department of Economic Security.
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Comrade Pham Tien Phong, Director of the Anti-Money Laundering Department, spoke at the Conference. |
Suspicious transaction information transferred to the Department of Economic Security focuses on source crime groups with high/medium-high risk of money laundering according to the results of the National risk assessment such as: signs of exploiting cyberspace to commit fraud and cheating; Transactions related to gambling and betting websites; Round-robin money transfers between business groups and individuals to create sales, transaction documents via banks with suspected tax fraud or appropriation of value-added tax refunds; transactions of organizations/individuals with signs of hiding under the guise of payment for import and export goods to transfer money abroad...
Based on the information transferred and exchanged from the Anti-Money Laundering Department in the period from 2023 to present, the Department of Economic Security has sent 115 documents in response to the Anti-Money Laundering Department. ''The signing of the Coordination Regulations between the two units today is a remarkable result in the coordination between the two units to improve the efficiency of handling suspicious transaction information and towards serving the commitment of the Vietnamese Government on anti-money laundering with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)'', Comrade Pham Tien Phong affirmed.
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| Deputy Governor Nguyen Ngoc Canh and representatives of the Anti-Money Laundering Department and the Economic Security Department exchanged information. |
Appreciating the effectiveness of cooperation between the two units in recent times, Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Nguyen Ngoc Canh said that this Conference is a special milestone that not only recognizes previous successes but also creates a breakthrough momentum for anti-money laundering work in the new situation. Thereby, once again affirming the high determination of the State Bank of Vietnam in coordinating with competent agencies to improve the results of performing functions and tasks, firmly protecting national security.
On that basis, the Deputy Governor requested the two units to urgently implement the contents of the Coordination Regulations, concretize commitments into practical actions; at the same time, have a mechanism to regularly review and evaluate to promptly draw experience, make adjustments in accordance with legal regulations and actual implementation situation to improve the effectiveness of coordination between the two units.
In particular, the Deputy Governor emphasized that the coordination between the two units needs to focus on 5 key points. Specifically, enhancing information exchange to serve the investigation, prosecution, and trial of money laundering and other related crimes; focusing on increasing the number of parallel investigations of both source crimes and money laundering crimes originating from suspicious transaction reports transferred by the Anti-Money Laundering Department... With its current new role, the Anti-Money Laundering Department needs to continue to be more proactive in collecting, analyzing, and processing suspicious transaction information in order to promptly transfer it to the Economic Security Department.
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| Deputy Governor Nguyen Ngoc Canh witnessed the signing ceremony between representatives of the Anti-Money Laundering Department and the Economic Security Department. |
In addition, it is necessary to strengthen coordination activities between the two units in verifying, investigating and tracing the cash flow of cases of predicate crimes of money laundering and money laundering; Regularly exchange, update and provide useful and valuable information to serve the professional work of the two units. At the same time, support in training knowledge, improving skills for officers, as well as sharing practical experiences and good practices; Researching technology applications, building connection solutions to support the effective detection and prevention of violations of the law...
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