Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Attorney General Grenville Williams on Wednesday lauded Taiwan’s efforts to co-organize an international workshop on tackling transnational fraud in Taipei.
Williams was in Taiwan for the Global Cooperation and Training Framework’s International Workshop on Combating Transnational Fraud, which was held from Monday to Wednesday in Taipei.
About 270 civil society specialists, experts, officials and private-sector representatives from 24 countries participated and shared their experience and best practices.
Photo: CNA
The event was “professionally put together and well-executed, Williams told local media.
This spoke to Taiwan’s ability to bring together countries around the world to discuss important issues, he said.
Having participants from around the world also helped reinforce the global network of law enforcement policymakers and facilitate continued education and awareness, which is crucial to combating fraud and other criminality, he added.
St Vincent, which has maintained diplomatic relations with Taiwan since 1981, will continue cooperating with Taiwan in law enforcement through existing channels, he said.
This includes a memorandum of understanding signed in 2017 to tackle transnational crime through the exchange of information and the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units, of which both countries are members, he added.
Internationally, Williams said that as a member of the UN and as part of the governing body of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, St Vincent would continue to support Taiwan’s participation in fighting crime and other areas.
Those international organizations offer opportunities for Taiwan and St Vincent to show that “we might be small, but we should be given accorded respect as any other nation,” he said.
“Taiwan is a very developed country compared to St Vincent and the Grenadines, but we, Taiwan and St Vincent and Grenadines, are not always recognized at the global level as equal states,” he said.
“We are friends of all, but we are special friends of Taiwan, and we will continue to be special friends of Taiwan,” Williams said.
Taiwan is stepping up plans to create self-sufficient supply chains for combat drones and increase foreign orders from the US to counter China’s numerical superiority, a defense official said on Saturday. Commenting on condition of anonymity, the official said the nation’s armed forces are in agreement with US Admiral Samuel Paparo’s assessment that Taiwan’s military must be prepared to turn the nation’s waters into a “hellscape” for the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Paparo, the commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, reiterated the concept during a Congressional hearing in Washington on Wednesday. He first coined the term in a security conference last
Prosecutors today declined to say who was questioned regarding alleged forgery on petitions to recall Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators, after Chinese-language media earlier reported that members of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Youth League were brought in for questioning. The Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau confirmed that two people had been questioned, but did not disclose any further information about the ongoing investigation. KMT Youth League members Lee Hsiao-liang (李孝亮) and Liu Szu-yin (劉思吟) — who are leading the effort to recall DPP caucus chief executive Rosalia Wu (吳思瑤) and Legislator Wu Pei-yi (吳沛憶) — both posted on Facebook saying: “I
The Ministry of Economic Affairs has fined Taobao NT$1.2 million (US$36,912) for advertisements that exceed its approved business scope, requiring the Chinese e-commerce platform to make corrections in the first half of this year or its license may be revoked. Lawmakers have called for stricter enforcement of Chinese e-commerce platforms and measures to prevent China from laundering its goods through Taiwan in response to US President Donald Trump’s heavy tariffs on China. The Legislative Yuan’s Finance Committee met today to discuss policies to prevent China from dumping goods in Taiwan, inviting government agencies to report. Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Kuo Kuo-wen (郭國文) said
The Ministry of Economic Affairs has fined Taobao NT$1.2 million (US$36,900) for advertisements that exceeded its approved business scope and ordered the Chinese e-commerce platform to make corrections in the first half of this year or its license would be revoked. Lawmakers have called for stricter supervision of Chinese e-commerce platforms and more stringent measures to prevent China from laundering its goods through Taiwan as US President Donald Trump’s administration cracks down on origin laundering. The legislature’s Finance Committee yesterday met to discuss policies to prevent China from dumping goods in Taiwan, inviting government agencies to report on the matter. Democratic Progressive Party
RSS