Combating Money Laundering: Huang Mou-hsin Says Enhanced Fund Flow Analysis and Investigation Capabilities Needed

(Central News Agency reporter Xie Junlin, Taipei, 5th) The Investigation Bureau stated today that to enhance sensitivity to cross-border fund flows, the Money Laundering Prevention Division held a seminar. Deputy Minister of Justice Huang Mou-hsin said in his speech that facing the challenges of new types of crime, fund flow analysis and investigation capabilities must be improved to effectively combat money laundering.

The Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau issued a press release stating that to address the risks and threats posed by illegal organizations and underground economic activities to the financial market, social order, and national security, the MJIB's Money Laundering Prevention Division, the Executive Yuan's Anti-Money Laundering Office, and the Financial Supervisory Commission's Banking Bureau jointly held the '2026 Seminar on Criminal Fund Flow Analysis and Abnormal Transaction Patterns' yesterday at the MJIB, with approximately 180 people from relevant units attending.

According to the press release, the seminar was themed 'Enhancing Sensitivity to Cross-Border Fund Flows.' The agenda included policies on virtual currency anti-money laundering, overviews of financial examinations and financial intelligence reporting, emerging crime patterns and money laundering techniques, public-private cooperation, and suspicious fund flow detection, aiming to facilitate early detection and timely interception of illegal fund inflows.

In his speech, Huang Mou-hsin stated that facing the challenges of new types of crime, financial institutions and law enforcement personnel must continuously improve their professional intelligence. Through experience exchange, intelligence sharing, and cross-domain cooperation, they should enhance fund flow analysis and investigation capabilities, elevating themselves to a 'ten-zhang higher level' to effectively combat money laundering crimes.

Financial Supervisory Commission Banking Bureau Director-General Tung Cheng-chang instructed that financial institutions must shift from a passive compliance mindset to a more proactive risk management model. He required banks to strengthen the reporting efficiency of suspicious transaction reports, enhance sensitivity to cross-border fund flows, including strengthening governance and resource investment, deepening communication with the MJIB, and implementing education and training.

MJIB Deputy Director-General Lien Chen-tsung, who presided over the seminar, stated that money laundering crimes are no longer just underground activities. Many illegal funds are hidden within normal economic activities, infiltrating and disguising themselves through legal transactions, cross-border fund flows, and emerging payment tools, making the identification and tracking of abnormal transactions more difficult.

Lien Chen-tsung said that only through public-private cooperation, enhancing sensitivity to the connection between cross-border fund flows and criminal activities, and continuously strengthening monitoring and analysis capabilities, can the inflow of illegal funds be effectively blocked.

Lien Chen-tsung also mentioned that the MJIB's Money Laundering Prevention Division is an important and active member of the Egmont Group (EG) of Financial Intelligence Units. In recent years, based on financial intelligence distributed after value-added analysis, the division has successfully assisted prosecutors, investigators, and police in solving major cases or tracking down illegal proceeds, such as the Shenshuo Group, Juedui Nengyuan, Wangpeida, Wanshitong, and Xinfuyi cases involving fundraising fraud, fraud, and professional money laundering, with a total money laundering amount reaching NT$25 billion. (Editor: Chen Renhua) 1150605