Compliance
Victory For Taiwan As It's Dropped From Anti-Money Laundering Watchlist

Taiwan has been working on reforming its anti-money laundering regime, and it appears efforts are paying off.
An Asia-Pacific money laundering watchdog has dropped Taiwan from
its list of jurisdictions deemed to have flawed anti-money
laundering controls, a sign that the nation is succeeding in
stymying the flow of dirty cash.
Removal from the
Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering's watchlist is a
victory for Taiwan, known as a supply hub for Apple and other
global companies, but also as a haven for washing dirty
money.
Taiwan was the only jurisdiction removed from the 10-member
watchlist following a meeting of the group last week in Sri
Lanka, deputy justice minister Tsai Pi-chung said, according to
Reuters.
"We have revised anti-money laundering regulations that were just
implemented last month and we have established a cyber security
protocol," said Tsai. "All of our revised legal standards have
demonstrated our determination to fight money laundering and
carry out reforms."
Countries on the list are Afghanistan, Brunei, Laos, the
Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and
Vietnam.
The APG is an associate member of the Financial Action Task
Force, the global anti-corruption body, and as a result has
access to its policy-making and standards-setting process. APG
members are committed to adopting FATF recommendations to tackle
money laundering.