Sailing the South Seas

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As we shiver in winter’s icy grip, let us transport ourselves to golden beaches and azure seas, invites Sue Grossey. In the bumper crop of mutual evaluations issued by the Financial Action Task Force in the autumn were three follow-up reports from the South Seas: Fiji and Samoa in October 2017, and Vanuatu in November 2017. All three are members of the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG – their FATF-style regional body). I have never been lucky enough to visit any of them – and they sound particularly attractive as I put on yet another thermal vest – so here is a very quick run-down, working from west to east (the three countries sit almost in a row, just this side of the International Date Line, with Fiji equidistant between the other two).