The current and emerging challenges, threats and risks that Australia faces in combating money laundering.
Risk assessments examine current money laundering and terrorism financing threats and vulnerabilities in specific parts of Australia’s financial sector.
They are a resource for reporting entities to use to refine internal controls and to meet your reporting obligations, particularly in relation to suspicious matter reporting.
Risk assessments bring together insights from industry with intelligence from AUSTRAC and our partner agencies to provide a comprehensive assessment of ML/TF risks relevant to a specific sector or product.
A detailed assessment of Australia’s exposure to terrorism-financing threats and vulnerabilities.
A detailed national assessment of Australia’s exposure to proliferation financing threats and vulnerabilities.
A detailed assessment of the money laundering and terrorism financing risks, vulnerabilities, and consequences associated with the independent remittance dealer subsector.
A detailed assessment of the money laundering and terrorism financing risks, vulnerabilities and consequences associated with remittance network providers and their affiliates.
An update of the criminal threat environment of the superannuation sector.
A detailed assessment of the money laundering and terrorism financing risks, vulnerabilities and consequences associated with the bullion industry in Australia.
These resources provide an overview of how ML/TF risk is distributed across Australia’s banking sector.
An assessment of the money laundering and terrorism financing (ML/TF) risks associated with the foreign bank branches subsector to help identify, mitigate and manage risks.
- Download: Foreign bank branches in Australia risk assessment (PDF, 1.19MB)
An assessment of the money laundering and terrorism financing (ML/TF) risks associated with the foreign subsidiary bank subsector to help identify, mitigate and manage risks.
- Download: Foreign subsidiary banks in Australia risk assessment (PDF, 2.37MB)