A man of influence - interview with T Raja Kumar, FATF President [Video]

Singapore assumed the Financial Action Task Force presidency on 1 July this year. T Raja Kumar, drawing on decades of public service, including in law enforcement, is determined to drive forward the effectiveness agenda. Asset recovery - an improvement on the UN estimate of less than one percent of global illicit financial flows - is a key priority, he tells Keith Nuthall, cyber-enabled financial crime another, and that's all before consideration of virtual assets, Ukraine, Russia, and Afghanistan.

Singapore assumed the Financial Action Task Force presidency on 1 July this year. T Raja Kumar, drawing on decades of public service, including in law enforcement, is determined to drive forward the effectiveness agenda. Asset recovery - an improvement on the UN estimate of less than one percent of global illicit financial flows - is a key priority, he tells Keith Nuthall, cyber-enabled financial crime another, and that's all before consideration of virtual assets, Ukraine, Russia, and Afghanistan.