The Egmont Group said it took part in the Financial Action Task Force plenary in Paris and used the occasion to highlight joint work completed with the FATF, INTERPOL and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime under the outgoing Mexican Presidency. The main deliverables were the finalization of the Handbook on International Co-operation on Money Laundering Detection Investigation and Prosecution and Egmont’s contribution to the FATF report on Information Sharing Partnerships and Data Protection, which was approved at the June 2026 plenary. The handbook is aimed at financial intelligence units, law enforcement authorities and prosecutors dealing with cross-border money laundering cases. It stresses that authorities should combine informal cooperation channels with formal mutual legal assistance and extradition processes, and it sets out practical approaches across multilateral, bilateral and diagonal cooperation, as well as joint analysis and joint investigations. Its operational guidance focuses on targeted and high-quality requests, continuous communication, secure information exchange, confidentiality, domestic coordination, use of digital tools and early informal engagement to sharpen later formal evidence requests and enforcement action. The Egmont Group also welcomed incoming FATF President Giles Thomson of the United Kingdom and Vice President Vivek Aggarwal of India. It said it expects continued collaboration under the FATF Work Plan 2026 to 2028.

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