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3 Dec. 2023 – Reporters reported that on 29 Nov. – 1 Dec. at the Renaissance Hotel. Ratchaprasong, Bangkok The Attorney General’s Office and the Anti-Money Laundering Office jointly hosted the 8th annual general meeting of the Asset Recovery Interagency Network Asia Pacific (ARIN-AP), in which Thailand participated in the ARIN-AP network. with countries in the Asia-Pacific region Established in 2013

Its objective is for law enforcement agencies in the Asia-Pacific region to closely coordinate in investigating, tracking and confiscating assets of transnational criminals. There are currently 28 member countries: Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, Brunei, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Taiwan, India, Cook Islands, Pakistan, Myanmar, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, South Korea, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Nepal, Turkistan, Tonga, Philippines, Tuvalu, Maldives. and Thailand and has a number of observer members from other regions.

At this meeting, Mr. Jumpol Samrit variety Deputy Attorney General Has served as chairman of ARIN-AP’s executive board meeting and chairman of the annual general meeting. The management team of ARIN-AP has resolved to set a plan for organizing various activities of the network. Training seminar on asset tracking Finding additional members and hosting the next annual general meetings of Australia and Mongolia respectively.

This year’s Annual General Meeting and Workshop Had a meeting on the topic of Synergy for Effective Confiscation of the Proceeds of Crime

Members of the network and experts from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the World Bank presented improvements to their countries’ money laundering and asset recovery laws. Success lessons from various litigation cases Preservation and disposal of confiscated property Monitoring and tracking down digital assets cryptocurrency Sharing assets between countries that cooperate in tracking assets. In addition, some member countries have used the opportunity of bilateral meetings to expedite assistance in finding evidence abroad. and effective methods for prosecuting and tracking cross-border asset confiscation between each other.

On the last day of the meeting, Mr. Jumpol Pansamrit Deputy Attorney General Became the representative of Thailand in the ceremony of handing over the chairmanship of the next meeting in 2024 to the representative of Australia.