Phnom Penh (FN), Mar. 16 – Cambodian interior minister Sar Kheng, co-chairman of the National Committee to Combat Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, has instructed all units acting as judicial authorities to set up standard operating procedures and cooperate with relevant institutions in their investigations.

Issued on 14 March 2022, the instruction touched on the establishment of standard operating procedures for investigations, national cooperation in the investigation, and request of financial reports from the Cambodian Financial Intelligence Unit.

“In order to serve the purposes of the investigation and build the case to the court, the ministries and entities which receive requests for cooperation from qualified judicial police as stated above have to respond to those requests immediately,” Sar Kheng underlined.

Cambodia is member of the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG). Cambodia has implemented the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force and implement other duties on behalf of APG.
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