US helps Vietnam combat money laundering

Published: 24/08/2009 05:00

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Experts from the US Treasury Department on Tuesday launched a four-day workshop on combating money laundering in Ho Chi Minh City for Vietnamese border and banking officials.

Thirty Vietnam Customs officers and representatives from the Anti-Money Laundering Information Center at the State Bank of Vietnam were trained in detecting bulk cash smuggling and trade-based money laundering, according to the US consulate general in HCMC.

It said developing economies are especially vulnerable to trade-based money laundering during periods when their international trade is growing.

“Vietnam has been aggressively addressing financial crimes in recent years,” US Consul General Ken Fairfax said at the workshop.

The training is provided through the support of the US Agency for International Development’s ASEAN-US Technical Assistance and Training Facility, a program co-funded by the US Department of State to support the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in its goal to build an ASEAN Economic Community by 2015.

The US government has previously organized training courses on money laundering investigative techniques for prosecutors.

Reported by Minh Quang

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