Anti-Money Laundering Office (Thailand)

Kingdom of Thailand
Anti-Money Laundering Officeสำนักงานป้องกันและปราบปรามการฟอกเงิน

AMLO headquarters on Phaya Thai Road in 2016
Agency overview
Formed| 19 August 1999
Jurisdiction| Kingdom of Thailand
Headquarters| Pathum Wan, Bangkok, Thailand
Employees| 399
Annual budget| 374.1 million baht (FY2017)
Agency executive|

* Piyapun Pingmuang[1], Secretary-General

Parent Agency| Office of the Prime Minister

The Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) is Thailand's "key agency responsible for enforcement of the anti-money laundering and the counter-terrorism financing law."[2]: 7 It was founded in 1999 upon the adoption of the Anti-Money Laundering Act, B.E. 2542 (1999) (AMLA).[3] AMLO is an independent governmental agency. It has the status of a department functioning independently and neutrally under the supervision of the minister of justice, but is not part of the justice ministry.[2][4] In 2016, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha ordered by the cabinet resolution change the command to under the supervision of the Prime Minister directly.[5]

The AMLO 2016 Annual Report reported 369 AMLO positions allocated, with 49 positions vacant, plus 30 government employee positions, with two vacancies.[4]: 26 Its budget for FY2017 (1 October 2016 to 30 September 2017) is 374.1 million baht.[6]: 89

As of 30 September 2016, the AMLO had custody of seized and/or frozen assets valued at 6,176,029,774.12 baht.[4]: 50 It conducted 12 asset auctions during FY2016, selling 910 items of assets for 57,893,949 baht.[4]: 51

From 29 June to 14 August 2018 AMLO was headed by Secretary-General Police Major General Romsit Viriyasan. He was moved to an "inactive post" in the prime minister's office for failing to expedite politically sensitive cases.[7] Pol Maj Gen Preecha Chareonsahayanon was named acting secretary-general.[8]

## Panama Papers

In April 2016, AMLO began investigating Thai nationals whose names surfaced in the Panama Papers.[9][10]

## See also

* National Anti-Corruption Commission

## References

1. ↑ "Organization Structure". 25 October 2021. https://www.amlo.go.th/index.php/en/about-amlo/2016-06-04-15-33-50.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 (in English) Annual Report 2014. Bangkok: Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO). 2015. ISBN 978-616-91467-7-3. http://www.amlo.go.th/amlofarm/farm/en/files/AnnualReport57.pdf. Retrieved 13 April 2016. [yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
3. ↑ "Anti-Money Laundering Act, B.E. 2542 (1999)". http://www.amlo.go.th/amlo-intranet/en/files/AMLA No 1-4(1).pdf. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Annual Report 2016. Bangkok: Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO). 2017. ISBN 978-616-8111-01-7. http://www.amlo.go.th/amlo-intranet/media/k2/attachments/AnnualYReportY2016_5422.pdf. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
5. ↑ "โอนย้าย "สำนักงาน ปปง." ขึ้นตรง "นายกรัฐมนตรี"". 17 March 2015. https://mgronline.com/politics/detail/9580000031384.
6. ↑ Thailand's Budget in Brief, Fiscal Year 2017. Bureau of the Budget (Thailand). 2016. http://plan.bsru.ac.th/th/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/THAILAND’S-BUDGET-IN-BRIEF-FISCAL-YEAR-2017.pdf. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
7. ↑ Bootsripoom, Attayuth (16 August 2018). "Romsit loses AMLO post for failure to expedite politically sensitive cases". The Nation. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30352240. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
8. ↑ Laohong, King-Oua (18 August 2018). "Amlo steps up efforts as it turns 20". Bangkok Post. https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1523862/. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
9. ↑ "'Many' Thais implicated in global scandal". Bangkok Post. 2016-04-04. http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/920929/many-thais-implicated-in-global-scandal. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
10. ↑ Taptim, Tulsathit (2016-04-13). "Panama Papers and weary regulators in Thailand" (Editorial). The Nation. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/Panama-Papers-and-weary-regulators-in-Thailand-30283860.html. Retrieved 13 April 2016.

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