Egmont Group Annual Report 2018-2019
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Egmont Group of Financial 2018 Intelligence Units 2019 ANNUAL REPORT ANNUAL REPORT 2018 / 2019 1 Applications for permission to reproduce all or part of this publication should be made to: THE EGMONT GROUP SECRETARIAT Tel: +1 647-349-4116 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.egmontgroup.org Copyright @ 2018 by the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units 2 EGMONT GROUP OF FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNITS EGMONT GROUP ANNUAL REPORT 2018 | 2019 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 / 2019 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Remarks by the Chair, Mrs. Hennie VERBEEK-KUSTERS ........................................................................................................... 6 Remarks by the Executive Secretary, Mr. Jérôme BEAUMONT .................................................................................................7 Chapter 1: Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units (EG) .................................................................................................. 8 Highlights 2018-2019 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Structure ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................10 Mandate .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................11 Membership .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................12 Distribution of FIUs by region...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................12 Chapter 2: Strategic Plan in Action ................................................................................................................................................14 Egmont Group Strategic Plan 2018-2021 ..........................................................................................................................................................................................15 Strategic Plan in Action 2018-2019 .....................................................................................................................................................................................................16 Chapter 3: Measuring Success – Egmont Biennial Census 2019 and Operational Outcomes ........................................18 EBC Results ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................19 Operations in Numbers ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................19 Operational Outcomes: Egmont Group Publications .....................................................................................................................................................................20 Chapter 4: Looking Ahead ..............................................................................................................................................................22 Chapter 5: Working Group Developments ..................................................................................................................................23 Information Exchange Working Group (IEWG) .................................................................................................................................................................................23 Membership, Support and Compliance Working Group (MSCWG) ............................................................................................................................................26 Policy and Procedures Working Group (PPWG) ..............................................................................................................................................................................26 Technical Assistance and Training Working Group (TATWG) .......................................................................................................................................................28 Chapter 6: Egmont Centre of FIU Excellence and Leadership (ECOFEL) ............................................................................29 Key deliverables and outcomes since establishment ....................................................................................................................................................................29 Overview of tools and support available to FIUs ............................................................................................................................................................................30 4 EGMONT GROUP OF FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNITS Chapter 7: Regional Group Developments ..................................................................................................................................31 Americas ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................32 Asia and Pacific ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................33 East and Southern Africa .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................34 Eurasia .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................35 Europe I ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................36 Europe II ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 37 Middle East and Northern Africa ........................................................................................................................................................................................................38 West and Central Africa ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................39 Chapter 8: Best Egmont Case Award ...........................................................................................................................................40 2019 BECA WINNER, UIF-PERU: ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................41 Finalist – FFMS/Rosfinmonitoring, Russia ........................................................................................................................................................................................43 Chapter 9 : Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................................................... 47 Annexes ...............................................................................................................................................................................................48 Annex A: Jakarta Communiqué ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................48 Annex B: The Hague Co-Chairs Statement ......................................................................................................................................................................................49 Annex C: List of Members ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................50 Annex D: Egmont Committee Composition 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