U.S. Treasury issues sanctions on virtual currency mixers
Since May 2022, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned two virtual currency mixers in…
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Case study: Real outcomes resulting from financial crime guides
Financial crime guides are designed to help your business identify and stop criminal activity. These guides provide you with patterns and indicators…
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AUSTRAC’s Reporting Entity System Transformation program update - September 2022
The Reporting Entity System Transformation (REST) program has recently undertaken a series of workshops with participants of the Customer Advisory…
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New resources for the bullion sector
The high intrinsic value of bullion allows it to be used by criminals to store and invest the proceeds of crime. Criminals target bullion dealers to…
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FATF updates on global ML/TF risk - June 2022
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global group that sets international anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF)…
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AUSTRAC orders audit of Gold Corporation’s compliance with financial crime laws
AUSTRAC has ordered the appointment of an external auditor to Gold Corporation under section 162 (2) of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-…
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AUSTRAC partners with Pacific to combat money laundering and boost regional security
Australia’s anti-money laundering agency AUSTRAC is hosting the inaugural Pacific Financial Intelligence Analyst Course which commences at the…
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AUSTRAC strengthens international partnership with Nigerian FIU through MOU signing
AUSTRAC and the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the exchange of financial…
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Man with child-like sex doll charged
A multi-agency collaboration resulted in Australia’s first guilty verdict for the possession of a child-like sex doll.
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