Colombo, Sri Lanka, Oct. 28 -- Ministry of Defence and Urban Development issued the following news release:

Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) was among the senior officials who attended the inaugural meeting of Sri Lanka's Third Mutual Evaluation on Anti-Money Laundering, Countering the Financing of Terrorism and Countering Proliferation Financing (AML/CFT/CPF), conducted by the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG). Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya attended the event as the Chief Guest, held at the Galle Face Hotel in Colombo on 26 October.

A Mutual Evaluation (ME) is a peer-review mechanism of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) designed to assess the effectiveness of a country's implementation...