The Egmont Group published a note marking the conclusion of Sarah Paquet’s term as Chair of the Egmont Information Exchange Working Group (IEWG), highlighting her role in driving anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) work and international financial intelligence cooperation from July 2021 to July 2025. During her chairmanship, the IEWG delivered 25 projects aimed at strengthening financial intelligence unit (FIU) capacity on money laundering, predicate crimes and terrorist financing, including work on digital transformation, virtual asset misuse, environmental crime, national risk assessments and asset recovery. The Egmont Group also cited 11 joint projects with external partners, including several with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), alongside cooperation with INTERPOL, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the World Customs Organization and the International Monetary Fund. Examples of recent Egmont Group–FATF work included a 2025 project on effective informal international cooperation producing a handbook and recommendations on governance, secure communication and cross-border coordination, a 2023 cyber-enabled fraud initiative resulting in a joint report and the revitalisation of the Cyber-Enabled Fraud Rapid Response Program, and a 2021 Phase I project on digital transformation for AML/CFT.
Egmont Group 2025-10-02
Egmont Group recognises Sarah Paquet’s July 2021 to July 2025 leadership of the Information Exchange Working Group and highlights 25 AML/CFT projects
The Egmont Group concluded Sarah Paquet's term as Chair of the Egmont Information Exchange Working Group, noting her contributions to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing efforts from July 2021 to July 2025, including 25 projects enhancing financial intelligence unit capacity and 11 joint initiatives with partners like the Financial Action Task Force.