The 15th INTOSAI WGFACML Meeting Hosted Virtually by the Accountability State Authority of Egypt on May 11th , 2022

Under the auspices of H.E. Counsellor/ Hesham Badawy; President of the Accountability State Authority of Egypt and the WGFACML Chair, the ASA hosted virtually the 15th Meeting of the INTOSAI Working Group on Fight Against Corruption and Money Laundering on May 11th, 2022. The Meeting was presided over by H.E. Counsellor/ Mohamed Al-Faisal Yousef; the ASA Vice President, with the participation of (22) Working Group member SAIs.

H.E. Counsellor/ Mohamed Al-Faisal Yousef welcomed, in his opening speech, the delegations who participated in the Meeting that was held amidst various challenges imposed by Covid-19 pandemic on all fields of the audit work that necessitate working during exceptional circumstances. His Excellency pointed out that the WG has come a long way towards achieving its main objectives, and reviewed some of the steps that have been taken in this regard. In addition, H.E. congratulated the SAIs of France and Ukraine for joining the membership of the Working Group, and he ended his speech by encouraging the effective and perpetual contributions of the WG member SAIs to the WG work building on the steps the WG has already taken towards achieving its aspired goals.

Following that, the Working Group Secretariat presented a Progress Report on its achievements since the last WG Meeting in November 2020, then the WG member SAIs of Austria, Mexico, the United States of America, the Russian Federation, Indonesia and France made their presentations covering various topics in the field of fighting corruption and money laundering.

Upon the Meeting’s closure, H.E. Counsellor/ Mohamed Al-Faisal Yousef expressed his aspiration that the WG member SAIs would reinforce the bonds of co-operation and collaboration among them aiming to achieve more valuable accomplishments. Finally, H.E. congratulated SAI Thailand for being the host for the 16th INTOSAI WGFACML Meeting in 2023 and thanked the participants for their beneficial presentations and exerted efforts.