APG Members
Members are committed to implementing and enforcing the global AML/CFT standards established by the FATF. Effective July 2011, the 41 members of the APG are:
- Afghanistan
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan, Kingdom of
- Brunei Darussalam
- Cambodia
- Canada
- China, People's Republic of
- Cook Islands
- Fiji
- Hong Kong, China
- India
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Korea, Republic of
- Lao PDR
- Macau, China
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Marshall Islands
- Mongolia
- Myanmar
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Zealand
- Niue
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Samoa
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- Sri Lanka
- Chinese Taipei
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Tonga
- United States of America
- Vanuatu
- Vietnam
Of these, 10 are also members of the FATF: Australia; Canada; India; People's Republic of China; Hong Kong, China; Japan; the Republic of Korea; New Zealand; Singapore; and the United States of America.
There are now very few jurisdictions in the Asia-Pacific region which do not participate with the APG as members or observers (including North Korea and some independent jurisdictions in the Pacific region such as Tuvalu, Kiribati and Northern Marianas Islands). French Polynesia and New Caledonia as well as the Wallis and Futuna Islands are dependencies of France and included within the French AML/CFT system.
Read more about this topic: Asia/Pacific Group On Money Laundering
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