Agenda

08.30 – 9.00

Registration

09.00 – 9.30

Opening and Welcome address, Introduction to the workshop

• Mr. Kebur Azbaha, Counsellor, Head of UK Prosperity and Economic Team, British High Commission, Malaysia
• Ms. Latheefa Koya, Chief Commissioner, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC)

9.30 – 10.00

Setting the stage: Beneficial ownership and its importance to address corruption and money laundering

This session will provide definition of beneficial ownership and elaborate on why it’s important for anti-corruption investigations and provide an overview of the discussions during the next two days.

Speakers:

• Mr. Francesco Checchi, Regional Anti-Corruption Adviser, UNODC
• Mr. Shervin Majlessi, Deputy Coordinator, StAR

10.00 – 10.30

Group photo and coffee break

10.30 – 11.45

Session 1: Challenges in identifying beneficial owners for anti-corruption investigations

This session will focus on investigating corruption and money laundering cases involving beneficial ownership of corporate vehicles as a tool to hide and transfer proceeds of crime. Corporate vehicles including companies, trusts, foundations and fictitious entities are misused to conceal the identities of the people involved in large-scale corruption. A series of case studies will be presented.

Speakers:

• Mr. Mohamad Zamri, Director of Anti-Money Laundering & Forfeiture of Property of MACC, Malaysia
• Mr. Cahyo R. Muzhar, Director General, Legal Administrative Affairs, Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Indonesia
• Mr. Wisitsak Singkhan, Director of Financial Analysis Section, Financial Intelligence Division, Anti Money Laudering Office (AMLO) Thailand

Moderator: Mr. Shervin Majlessi, Deputy Coordinator, StAR

11.45 – 12.30

Group discussion of challenges & presentation of challenges identified

Moderator: Mr. Shervin Majlessi, Deputy Coordinator, StAR

12.30 – 13.30

Lunch at the Coffee House (Lower Lobby)

13.30 – 14.45

Session 2: How to find beneficial owners: methods of identifying beneficial owners and overcoming the challenges discussed during the previous session

This session will draw on the experience of investigators, investigative journalists, civil society organizations and compliance expert in identifying beneficial owners. Expert speakers will describe the various typologies of vehicles and how to enhance transparency of their ownership. The problems related to illegal activities of company services providers will be also discussed.

Speakers:

• Ms. Sayaka Takahashi, Senior Integrity Specialist, Due Diligence Unit, Office of Anti-Corruption and Integrity, ADB
• Ms. Jackie Clayton, UK Fiscal Crime Liaison Officer for Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia.
• Mr. Khairil Yusof, Coordinator of the Sinar Project, Malaysia
• Mr. Philip Jacobson, Investigative journalist, Mongabay, Indonesia
• Ms. Ines Marques, Policy Director, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)

Moderator: Mr. Francesco Checchi, Regional Anti-Corruption Adviser, UNODC

14.45 – 15.05

Coffee break

15.05 – 15.30

Session 2: How to find beneficial owners: methods of identifying beneficial owners and overcoming the challenges discussed during the previous session (Continued)

15.30 – 16.30

Group work

Participants divided in groups will identify challenges in investigating corruption and money laundering cases involving beneficial owners and the solutions to identify them. They will then report to the plenary.

16.30 – 17.00

Summary and wrap-up of Day 1

08.30 – 9.00

Registration

9.00 – 10.00

Session 3: Where we want to be and how to get there

In this session the most advanced International standards and best practices related to transparency of beneficial ownership will be presented.

Speakers:

• Mr. Darren Jolly, Serious & Organized Crime Network, Illicit Finance Policy Lead, British High Commission Singapore
• Ms. Christine Uriarte, Senior Legal Expert, OECD
• Mr. Dmytro Kotliar, Consultant, World Bank/StAR Initiative

Moderator: Mr. Shervin Majlessi, Deputy Coordinator, StAR

10.00 – 10.45

Session 4: Transparency of beneficial ownership: country experiences

The session will provide definition of beneficial ownership and will present different examples of recent policies and regulations aimed at improving transparency in the ownership and control and benefit of corporate vehicles. The importance of transparency of beneficial ownership for tackling corruption and money laundering will be also discussed.

Speakers:

• Mr. Andrej Leontiev, Attorney and managing partner, Taylor Wessing, Slovakia
• Ms Khairani M Yusof, Regulator Development & Services Division, Companies Commission Malaysia
• Mr. Alfonso Jr. Lanuza, Officer-in-Charge, Anti-Money Laundering Division-Enforcement and Investor Protection Department, Securities and Exchange Commission, Philippines

Moderator: Ms. Christine Uriarte, Senior Legal Expert, OECD

10.45 – 11.05

Coffee break

11.05 – 12.00

Session 4: Transparency of beneficial ownership: country experiences (Continued)

Speakers:

• Mr. Herda Helmijaya, Coordinator of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy, Corruption Eradication Commission of Indonesia (KPK)
• Mr. Dmytro Kotliar, Consultant, World Bank/StAR Initiative (Ukraine case)
• Ms. Ng Yin Shia, Analyst, Financial Intelligence and Enforcement Department, Central Bank of Malaysia

Moderator: Ms. Christine Uriarte, Senior Legal Expert, OECD

12.00 – 13.00

Lunch

13.00 – 14.00

Working groups: Participants divided in groups will discuss developing recommendations for enhancing transparency of beneficial ownership in Southeast Asia.

14.00 – 14.30

Break

14.30 – 15.30

Presentation of recommendations

Facilitators: UNODC – StAR

15.30 – 16.00

Recap and closing