We need to send a clear message that Fiji’s financial system remains safe and we are taking all necessary measures to make life difficult for criminals to launder their proceeds of crime. Last year in 2012, we had five successful money laundering cases. Capacity building and training for our law enforcement officials remains a priority.
Fiji’s national coordinating body, the National Anti-Money Laundering Council, has embarked on a review of our existing AML measures that is expected to identify gaps in all the key areas, such as, customer due diligence and suspicious transaction reporting requirements, investigation and prosecution of money laundering offences, tracing proceeds of crime and gaps in networking and information exchange.