Anti-Money Laundering (AML)

Understand AML/CFT compliance requirements for firms in Australia and New Zealand. | Learn to identify potential money laundering risks. | Discover strategies for implementing effective AML measures without disrupting your firm’s operations.

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1 November 2024

AML Risk Assessments: Money and matters – Part 6

In their latest article, First AML outline the basis of all AML programmes - the risk assessment.

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Event Recording

9 October 2024

True crime: Inside Melbourne’s Most Sophisticated Money Laundering Syndicate

In August this year it was revealed that a major sting, coordinated by Victoria Police, the Australian Crime Intelligence Commission and AUSTRAC, caught two criminals involved in an ‘eye-watering’ money...
Practice Management and Business Skills, New Zealand CPD
Operational Management
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20 August 2024

Money laundering red flags: Money and matters – Part 5

In Part 5 of their series 'Money and Matters: A lawyer's guide to navigating Tranche 2', First AML tell us what to watch out for and how to avoid both reputational damage and fines.

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4 July 2024

Setting up a robust AML programme for your law firm: Money and matters – Part 4

Staying compliant: For Australian law firms, the concept of Tranche 2 AML/CTF legislation is becoming a matter of 'when' not 'if'.

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Event Recording

14 May 2024

NZ | How AI-driven Tech Prevents Identity Theft, Fraud & Reduces Risk

Currently, a staggering 90% of identity document fraud are document spoofs (presentation attacks). These fraudulent IDs are presented digitally, such as on a mobile phone, or as physically altered documents....
New Zealand CPD
Operational Management
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Article

16 April 2024

Navigating AML Tranche 2: A Strategic Roadmap for Australian Law Firms

Part 3: Law Council of Australia (LCA) submission and other perspectives.

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Event Recording

29 February 2024

Money and matters: A lawyer’s guide to navigating Tranche 2

As Australia inches towards implementing Tranche 2 of the AML/CTF Act, law firms are starting to accept that it will be enacted in some form. Firms who have moved through...
Practice Management and Business Skills
Financial Management
ACCESS
Article

6 February 2024

Navigating AML Tranche 2: A Strategic Roadmap for Australian Law Firms

Part 2: The global landscape of AML and why it’s coming to Australia

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14 December 2023

Money and matters: A lawyer’s guide to navigating Tranche 2

Part 1: Money Laundering 101... not just a plotline from a crime drama!

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