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FIIB
The Financial Intelligence and Investigation Bureau (FIIB) of the Hong Kong Police Force attended the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Anti-Money Laundering Summit 2021 on October 29, which aimed to establish an anti-money laundering (AML) platform to enhance exchange and cooperation among the three places.
The summit invited speakers from different AML organisations and personnel of the Greater Bay Area, including the Anti-money Laundering Bureau of the People’s Bank of China, the China Anti-Money Laundering Monitoring and Analysis Centre, the Financial Services and Treasury Bureau of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Financial Services Development Council, FIIB, the Monetary Authority of Macao, the Macao Financial Intelligence Office, various law enforcement agencies and regulatory units, industry associations and academics to discuss issues such as cross-border AML cooperation and money laundering risk management under the theme of “One Country, Two Systems and Three Wins”.
Chief Superintendent of FIIB Lam Man-han led officers to participate in the summit, while Senior Inspector of FIIB Tse Tsz-fung shared the latest money laundering trend in Hong Kong with participants. Officers of the Joint Financial Intelligence Unit and the Headquarters of FIIB participated in an exchange session with the law enforcement agencies and regulators in the Greater Bay Area and deliberated on how to enhance cooperation in AML and counter-terrorist financing risk assessment, intelligence exchange and handling mechanism.
The Summit facilitated AML information exchange and cooperation between the stakeholders of the three places and enhanced the effectiveness of AML work in the Greater Bay Area.
CCB
The Fraud and Money Laundering Intelligence Taskforce (FMLIT) Secretariat of the Commercial Crime Bureau (CCB) organised the first FMLIT Train-the-Trainer Workshop for over 150 frontline personnel from 20 local retail banks and eight virtual banks on October 29. The workshop provided participants with practical knowledge to facilitate their identification of fraud and forgery, and to enhance their awareness and capabilities in the fight against fraud and money laundering activities.
In his opening remarks, Chief Superintendent of CCB Wong Chi-kwong expressed his gratitude to the banks for their continuous support to CCB and FMLIT in curbing commercial crimes through public-private-partnership. Afterwards, CCB officers shared their professional knowledge, including common modus operandi of the latest scams, techniques to identify counterfeit banknotes and fake new smart Hong Kong identity cards, key points in conducting network analysis and fraud investigation, as well as the latest development of FMLIT. The workshop received positive feedback from the banking sector. Many participants indicated that they would share the knowledge with their colleagues.
MKDIST
The increasing trend of bank-related fraud cases and the ever-changing modus operandi have posed challenges for law enforcement officers in investigation and evidence gathering. In this connection, Mong Kok District (MKDIST) co-organised an anti-fraud sharing session with the banking industry on October 22 to strengthen the communication between the Force and banks to fight crimes together. Over 100 participants attended the event, including detectives from the Kowloon West Region and various police districts, as well as representatives from 11 banks and companies.
Representatives from the banking industry shared with participants the crime trend related to credit cards and methods for mitigating these crimes. The sharing session served as a platform to facilitate intelligence exchange between the Force and the industry stakeholders. It also enriched officers’ knowledge of the trend of credit card fraud and risks associated with credit card payment, thereby boosting their capabilities to combat related fraud cases.
