Has your organization been effectively in compliance with the money laundering laws?
Have you strengthened your internal control on AML or not ?.
The Anti-Money Laundering Act, B.E. 2542 and its amendments, not only being the law that has the strength to deal with assets of criminals or offenders in 29 predicate offences, but also being the law that imposes obligations on business operators, both financial institutions and ten business groups to establish certain measures on self-identification of customer, risk management on Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation Financing within the organization, customer due diligence (CDD), risk management of products and services, as well as measure on "internal control" within the organization.
The Ministerial Regulation on Customer Due Diligence B.E. 2563 (2020), Article 49, paragraph 2, requires financial institutions and professions under section 16 to have an "independent internal audit mechanism" on the anti-money laundering within the organization. Also the Notification of the Anti-Money Laundering Office on prescribing and implementing policies and procedures on internal control of financial institutions and professions under section 16, B.E. 2564 (2021) requires them to have a department, staff, or external auditors responsible for internal audits being independent from the practice and work performance on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism and proliferation of weapon of mass destruction and its financing within the organization in order to examine the implementation and compliance with the laws on Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation Financing. To achieve the independence in auditing, we hereby would like to offer the service of internal control (audit) on AML/CFT/PF * for your organization by preparing a "report of internal control result (auditing) on AML/CFT/PF” presenting to the management of your organization in order to comply with such AMLO’s Notification.
AML/CFT/PF: Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation Financing
Source: AMLO website