The Director and delegates of GIF attended the 26th Egmont Group Plenary Meeting which was held in The Hague, the Netherlands from 1 July to 5 July, 2019. The theme of this meeting was “Enhancing Public-Public cooperation from an FIU perspective to fight against money laundering / terrorist financing and associated predicate offences”. Topics for discussions include professional trainings, information management, law enforcement and legal system, etc. It is worth to highlight the advanced strategy analysis course which is designed for experienced FIU analysts involved in conducting strategic analysis. Through the in-depth guidance and experience sharing by the relevant experts in the field, analysts could enhance their strategic analysis skill in turns of intelligence collection, exchange and analysis.

The Egmont Group is a united body of Financial Intelligence Units around the world. It was established in 1995 with its Secretariat locates in Canada. The Egmont Group provides a platform to facilitate the exchange of financial intelligence and cooperation among its members and to provide the support for AML/CFT activities among its members’ region. One of its major tasks is to enhance the analytical and investigative skills of the member FIUs through trainings and to provide technical support for FIUs and other stakeholders to assist their establishments and operations.

Through these years the Egmont Group has developed into a body of 164 member FIUs, and GIF joined and became one of its members since 26th May 2009. The Egmont Group Plenary meeting is held annually, usually in June or July, for all FIU members and representatives of other international organizations.

GIF understands that international cooperation is the key to success in the prevention and suppression of money laundering and terrorist financing. Therefore, GIF has been actively participating in international conferences to fulfill its obligations and to foster cooperation with overseas financial intelligence units.