Colombo:Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) participated in the inaugural meeting of Sri Lanka’s Third Mutual Evaluation on Anti-Money Laundering, Countering the Financing of Terrorism, and Countering Proliferation Financing (AML/CFT/CPF). The event, conducted by the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG), took place at the Galle Face Hotel in Colombo on October 26.

According to Ministry of Defence – Sri Lanka, the meeting was graced by Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya as the Chief Guest. The Mutual Evaluation serves as a peer-review mechanism of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to assess the effectiveness of a country’s adherence to international standards on AML/CFT/CPF.

Additionally, the occasion saw the attendance of the Deputy Minister of Digital Economy, the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, senior government officials, representatives of the Financial Intelligence Unit, the Mutual Evaluation Team of APG, and members of the international assessment team.