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False passports and counterfeit euros
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Using false passports and aliases, a foreign national opened multiple accounts with different banks across three Australian states. He then used the accounts to exchange counterfeit euros…
AUSTRAC information identified Australian victim of A$2 million overseas investment scam
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AUSTRAC used data from financial reporting to identify an Australian who sent approximately A$2 million to an international crime syndicate. This information helped authorities identify…
Cash courier launders millions to Hong Kong for syndicate
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A law enforcement agency identified a suspected cash courier and international money laundering syndicate. AUSTRAC’s financial intelligence revealed how the suspect and other cash…
AUSTRAC helps stop illegal tobacco importing syndicate
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An investigation identified an Australian syndicate illegally importing tobacco and cigarettes, with help from freight forwarding services and transport services companies. AUSTRAC’s…
AUSTRAC helps disrupt international people smuggling operation
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AUSTRAC helped disrupt an international people smuggling operation between Australia and Indonesia, resulting in the conviction of two Australians involved in organising the arrivals into…
AUSTRAC disrupts Romanian crime syndicate
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AUSTRAC used a number of suspicious matter reports (SMRs) to identify members of a Romanian money laundering and drug trafficking syndicate suspected of funding the supply of…