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The Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) publishes regional typologies reports on an annual basis to assist stakeholders better understand the nature of existing and emerging money laundering (ML), terrorism financing (TF), proliferation financing (PF) risks and pursue effective strategies in response. Each year APG members and observers provide case studies, observations on trends, research, information on regulatory enforcement action, and examples of international cooperation.

The 2024 APG Typologies Report includes information generously provided by 18 APG members, 11 APG observer organisations and four non-observer organisations and includes 138 case studies. In addition to the typologies provided, the report includes a focus chapter on threats and trends related to the misuse of legal persons. We note the contributions of think tanks and research centres who offered expertise in relation this chapter. As always, the case studies featured in this report contribute to the work of law enforcement and intelligence agencies to detect and combat ML/TF/PF.

The 2024 APG Typologies Report also includes information on asset recovery and challenges involved in effective recovery of proceeds of crime (both domestic and foreign), and a section on related work undertaken by APG’s observer organisations and research centres.

The report was adopted at the 2024 Typologies Workshop held in Kuala Lumper, Malaysia, from 11-13 November 2024. Several APG members presented case studies they had contributed to the report, and these were discussed by attendees.

The report is available for download here.