The 20th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime (AMMTC) and Its Related Meetings were convened in Makati City, the Philippines, and via videoconference, on 19-21 October 2026. The Meetings brought together AMMTC Leaders and their representatives from all ASEAN Member States, alongside their counterparts from China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK). The Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Political-Security Community, H.E. Dato’ Astanah Abdul Aziz, represented the ASEAN Secretariat at the Meetings.
Among the key outcomes of the 20th AMMTC were the adoption of the First ASEAN Regional Trafficking in Persons Report, marking ASEAN’s first regional, ASEAN-led and consensus-based reporting mechanism on TIP, as well as the approval to establish the ASEAN Immigration Training Centre (AITC) and the ASEAN Heads of Consular Affairs Division Forum as a new subsidiary under the ASEAN Directors-General of Immigration Departments and Heads of Consular Affairs Divisions of Ministries of Foreign Affairs Meeting (DGICM).
The 20th AMMTC exchanged views on recent and emerging transnational crime trends and reviewed progress in regional law enforcement cooperation. The Meeting noted the outcomes of the 26th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Transnational Crime (SOMTC) and the 29th DGICM, as well as their related meetings.
The related Consultations with China, Japan, the ROK and ASEAN Plus Three focused on common challenges and ways to strengthen practical cooperation against transnational crime in the region.
Preparatory SOMTC for each for the respective Ministerial Meeting and Consultations were held on 19 October. The Meetings concluded with a symbolic handover of the AMMTC Chairmanship to Singapore, which will assume the role in 2027.All Ministerial Meeting and Consultations issued Joint Statements reflecting the key outcomes of their discussions.