International Money Laundering Panel Discussion
Panelist: Edwin Lam, SP (Financial Investigation Group) (Narcotics Bureau), Hong Kong Police Force
March 28, 16.00–16.45

Biography:
Mr. Edwin Lam has started working in the criminal investigation field since 1986 and held the rank of Superintendent of Police. In 1989, he was posted to the Financial Investigations Division of the Narcotics Bureau ("NB FI ") to take charge of one of the financial investigation team. In 1994, he moved on to the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau ("OCTB") and assisted in setting up the Financial Investigations Division in OCTB to enforce the newly enacted Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance which extended the investigation and confiscation powers from drug proceeds to nearly all criminal offences. In 1999, he joined the Commercial Crime Bureau and was responsible for anti-money laundering projects against white-collar crimes. In November 2004, he returned to NB FI and took charge of the whole division.

Mr. Lam has given presentations and be the panel chair in various conferences, like Asia/Pacific Group Typologies Workshop in Brunei Darussalam, Basic Training Course on Investigation in Anti-Drug Money Laundering in Singapore, Workshop on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism in Vietnam, Anti-money Laundering Seminar in Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific Operational Drug Enforcement Conference in Tokyo.

Mr. Lam is currently an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and Hong Kong Institute of Bankers.