The Fraud and Money Laundering Intelligence Taskforce (FMLIT) Secretariat of the Commercial Crime Bureau (CCB) organised the 2nd FMLIT Train-the-Trainer Workshop for over 160 frontline personnel from 20 local retail banks and eight virtual banks on November 8. The workshop provided participants with practical knowledge to facilitate their identification of fraud and forgery, and to enhance their awareness and capabilities in the fight against fraud and money laundering activities.

In the opening remarks, Chief Superintendent of CCB Wong Chi-kwong expressed his gratitude to the banks for their continuous support to CCB and FMLIT in curbing commercial crime through public-private-partnership. Afterwards, CCB officers shared their professional knowledge, including common modus operandi of the latest prevalent scams, techniques to identify fake new smart identity cards, key points in investigating money laundering, as well as the latest trend of scams related to the SME Financing Guarantee Scheme.

FMLIT is committed to enhancing collaboration with the banking sector to safeguard the reputation of Hong Kong as one of the world’s leading financial centres.

Over 160 representatives from 20 retail banks and eight virtual banks attend the workshop.