Cablegate: Anti-Money Laundering Legislation Becomes Law

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SUBJECT: Anti-Money Laundering Legislation Becomes Law

REF: (A) TAIPEI 360, (B) TAIPEI 1163, (C) TAIPEI 1185

1. On July 11, the President signed the amendment to Taiwan's Money
Laundering Control Act which was passed by the Legislative Yuan on
June 14. It went into effect immediately.

2. The legislation (Ref C) is designed to combat terrorist
financing (Ref B), strengthen reporting of cross-border movements of
cash and securities (Ref A), and promote information sharing as
recommended by the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG)'s
recent assessment report (Ref C).

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