It has been two years since ACN 154 520 199 Pty Ltd (in liq) v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (2020) 282 FCR 455; [2020] FCAFC 190 (EBS & Associates) and…
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AUSTRAC’s money laundering case exposes the darkest heart of financial crime
In March 2018, at a discrete hotel in Sydney, two dozen senior representatives from the financial intelligence community gathered around a diplomatically square boardroom table.
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AUSTRAC and Westpac face off in court, as historic AML case heads towards trial
The Australian financial intelligence agency and Westpac are shaping up for a trial in what could be the first genuine test of the country’s anti-money laundering (AML) laws.
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COVID, crims and cash: Financial crime teams need to re-think laundering risks
If you’re doing AML the same way you were in the pre-COVID world, you’re doing it wrong. Nathan Lynch speaks with some of Australia’s most experienced financial crime experts on the radically changing threat landscape in 2020 — and beyond.
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