The Financial Intelligence Office (GIF) has always attached great importance to enhancing the professional competence of its staff in order to meet the development and needs of GIF. Therefore, GIF arranges various training courses on a regular basis to deepen staff's understanding of relevant professional knowledge.

On September 25, 2020, GIF invited Mr. Paul Y C Chung, an experienced specialist in combating money laundering and with years of experience in financial crime and criminal financial investigation, to conduct training on financial analysis for GIF’s staff. Mr. Chung worked in the Hong Kong law enforcement agency in the field of combating financial crime and money laundering investigation for more than 15 years. He has extensive experience as a trainer for AML/CFT professionals in various industries and is a certified AML specialist. Mr. Chung is also the Head of Financial Crime Compliance of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (Macau Branch).

The training course was very informative, and Mr. Chung shared the details of financial intelligence analysis in criminal financial investigation, as well as how to effectively track the flow of funds and provide evidence on money laundering. The training was fruitful and the analysts of GIF benefited a lot, it enhanced the analysts’ ability to deal with the ever-changing financial crimes, thus more effectively preventing and combating money laundering and terrorist financing.