Australia organises AML Workshop
A workshop on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism organised by officers from the Australia Transaction Report (Austrac) was attended by 20 officers from banks, insurance and financial companies. The organisers were Austrac technical advisor Nicholas Stokes and communications and training officer, Lisa Bradford.
The Anti-Money Laundering workshop was organised in conjunction with the sixth technical assistance working visit to Brunei Darussalam who has been making efforts to develop public awareness on the threats imposed by money laundering. According to a press release issued by the Ministry of Finance, he tried to ensure the integrity of the financial system by means of encouraging an appropriate environment for the foreign investment to increase.
The workshop on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism is one of the initiatives of the technical assistance programme that were created by Austrac for Brunei Darussalam.