Anti-Money Laundering Office (Thailand)

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Anti-Money Laundering Office

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| image = Phaya Thai Road AMLO IMG 7021.jpg

| image_caption = AMLO headquarters on Phaya Thai Road in 2016

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| formed = 19 August 1999

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| parent_agency = Office of the Prime Minister

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| jurisdiction = Kingdom of Thailand

| headquarters = Pathum Wan, Bangkok, Thailand

| employees = 399

| budget = 374.1 million baht (FY2017)

| chief1_name = Niwatchai Kasemmongkol

| chief1_position = Secretary-General

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| website = {{Official website|https://www.amlo.go.th/index.php/en/}}

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The Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) is Thailand's "key agency responsible for enforcement of the anti-money laundering and the counterterrorism financing law."{{cite book|title=Annual Report 2014|date=2015|publisher=Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO)|location=Bangkok|isbn=978-616-91467-7-3|url=http://www.amlo.go.th/amlofarm/farm/en/files/AnnualReport57.pdf|accessdate=13 April 2016|language=English}}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{RP|7}} It was founded in 1999 upon the adoption of the Anti-Money Laundering Act, B.E. 2542 (1999) (AMLA).{{cite web|title=Anti-Money Laundering Act, B.E. 2542 (1999) |url=http://www.amlo.go.th/amlo-intranet/en/files/AMLA%20No%201-4(1).pdf|website=Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) |accessdate=13 April 2016}} 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.{{cite book |title=Annual Report 2016 |date=2017 |publisher=Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO)|location=Bangkok |isbn=978-616-8111-01-7 |url=http://www.amlo.go.th/amlo-intranet/media/k2/attachments/AnnualYReportY2016_5422.pdf |accessdate=16 August 2018}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://mgronline.com/politics/detail/9580000031384|title=โอนย้าย "สำนักงาน ปปง." ขึ้นตรง "นายกรัฐมนตรี"|date=17 March 2015}}

The AMLO 2016 Annual Report reported 369 AMLO positions allocated, with 49 positions vacant, plus 30 government employee positions, with two vacancies.{{RP|26}} Its budget for FY2017 (1 October 2016 to 30 September 2017) is 374.1 million baht.{{cite book|title=Thailand's Budget in Brief, Fiscal Year 2017|date=2016|publisher=Bureau of the Budget (Thailand)|url=http://plan.bsru.ac.th/th/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/THAILAND%E2%80%99S-BUDGET-IN-BRIEF-FISCAL-YEAR-2017.pdf|accessdate=21 February 2017}}{{RP|89}}

As of 30 September 2016, the AMLO had custody of seized and/or frozen assets valued at 6,176,029,774.12 baht.{{RP|50}} It conducted 12 asset auctions during FY2016, selling 910 items of assets for 57,893,949 baht.{{RP|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.{{cite news |last1=Bootsripoom |first1=Attayuth |title=Romsit loses AMLO post for failure to expedite politically sensitive cases |url=https://www.nationthailand.com/detail/politics/30352240 |access-date=16 August 2018 |work=The Nation |date=16 August 2018}} Pol Maj Gen Preecha Chareonsahayanon was named acting secretary-general.{{cite news |last1=Laohong |first1=King-Oua |title=Amlo steps up efforts as it turns 20 |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1523862/ |accessdate=18 August 2018 |work=Bangkok Post |date=18 August 2018}}