EGMONT GROUP SEEKS TO RAISE PROFILE AS IT BOOSTS FIU PERFORMANCE WORLDWIDE
January 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
IF a global poll was taken to identify the best known international organisation, the Egmont Group would be lucky to get a mention, despite it linking 116 financial intelligence units (FIU) worldwide.
It is partly to raise profile that the group last June appointed its first chair, Luis Urrutia, who heads Mexico's FIU. Before there were a series of senior officials leading the Egmont Group and the result was some public confusion over its policies.
This matters, because in a year when G20 nations are working to improve financial information ...
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