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). This event, organized by the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG), was held at the Galle Face Hotel in Colombo.

According to Ministry of Defence – Sri Lanka, the meeting was attended by Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya as the Chief Guest. The Third Mutual Evaluation serves as a peer-review mechanism by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to assess the effectiveness of a country’s measures against money laundering and terrorism financing.

The event also saw the presence of the Deputy Minister of Digital Economy, the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, senior government officials, representatives from the Financial Intelligence Unit, the Mutual Evaluation Team of APG, and members of the international assessment team.