Taiwan's Investigation Bureau is publicly thanking the outgoing vice chair of the global financial-intelligence network, a small but useful diplomatic win for a country usually locked out of international bodies.

• Mohammed Shahid Ahmed, a senior Nigerian financial-intelligence official, has finished his term as vice chair of the Egmont Group, the worldwide network of money-laundering watchdogs.
• He led a delegation to Taipei in May for a cross-border crime conference and met with Taiwan's Investigation Bureau.
• Taiwan and Nigeria have swapped intelligence on dirty money and terrorist financing since signing a cooperation deal in 2012.
• The two sides agreed to widen that work beyond data sharing into financial technology and how each country runs its system.
• Nigerian media covered his Taiwan trip, including photos of the visit — rare visibility for Taiwan in international institutions.

Outlook: Taiwan will keep pushing for closer ties with Nigeria and other Egmont members as criminal money moves faster across borders.