Joint Statement of the Eighteenth ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime (18th AMMTC)

1. The Eighteenth ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime (18th AMMTC) was convened in Vientiane, Lao PDR, on 28 August 2024. The Meeting was preceded by the Preparatory ASEAN Senior Officials' Meeting on Transnational Crime (SOMTC) for the 18th AMMTC on 27 August 2024. The Meeting was chaired by Lao PDR, under the theme of "ASEAN: Enhancing Connectivity and Resilience".
2. We exchanged views and reaffirmed our commitment to the implementation of the ASEAN Plan of Action (PoA) in Combating Transnational Crime (2016-2025). We were pleased to note the progress of implementation of the SOMTC Work Programme (2022-2025) to implement this PoA and looked forward to the robust and full implementation of its ten components. We welcomed the extension of the period of implementation of the SOMTC Work Programme (2022-2024) to 2025 to be aligned with the remaining implementation period of the PoA.

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