The first ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime Plus Three was held on 10 January 2004 in Bangkok, where the ministers adopted the concept plan to address transnational crimes in eight areas: terrorism, illicit drug trafficking, trafficking in persons, sea piracy, arms smuggling, money laundering, international economic crime, and cyber crime. The officials convene prior to the ministerial meeting and they aim to implement policies and plans adopted by the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Trans-national Crime and develop a five-year work programme to implement the ASEAN Plan of Action in Trans-national Crime. The SOMTC+3 leaders agreed to develop specific work programmes in the eight areas of the concept plan for joint cooperation. Each of the areas will be led by an engine country from ASEAN and supported by the Plus Three Countries. Japan and ASEAN continued discussions on their draft Joint Declaration for Cooperation on the Fight Against International Terrorism to be issued at the ASEAN-Japan Summit on 30 November 2004.
