{"id":1956,"date":"2026-06-21T15:05:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T09:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/?p=1956"},"modified":"2026-06-21T15:05:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T09:35:05","slug":"vivek-aggarwal-appointed-as-vice-president-of-financial-action-task-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/vivek-aggarwal-appointed-as-vice-president-of-financial-action-task-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Vivek Aggarwal appointed as Vice-President of Financial Action Task Force"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>New Delhi ( Pallavi Shrivastava) : <\/strong>India\u2019s senior bureaucrat Vivek Aggarwal has been selected as the next Vice-President of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for the 2026-27 term. He will succeed Giles Thomson of the United Kingdom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Aggarwal, currently serving as Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, earlier headed the Indian delegation to the FATF and played a key role in India\u2019s engagement with the global anti-money laundering and counter-terror financing watchdog. The decision was taken during the FATF Plenary held from 17th to 19th June. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of External Affairs has termed Mr Aggarwal\u2019s selection a major win for India. In a social media post, the Ministry spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal, said the appointment reinforces India\u2019s relentless focus on combating global terrorist financing networks and dismantling illicit financial systems. He added that Mr Aggarwal\u2019s experience as former Head of India\u2019s FATF delegation and former Director of FIU-IND will help advance the FATF\u2019s mandate of safeguarding financial integrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The Financial Action Task Force is the global standard-setting body for combating money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing. India has been a member of the FATF since 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi ( Pallavi Shrivastava) : India\u2019s senior bureaucrat Vivek Aggarwal has been selected as the next Vice-President of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for the 2026-27 term. He will succeed Giles Thomson of the United Kingdom. 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