Learn what suspicious activity indicators to look for in the pubs and clubs sector.
Learn what suspicious activity indicators to look for in the banking sector.
The current and emerging challenges, threats and risks that Australia faces in combating money laundering.
A detailed assessment of Australia’s exposure to terrorism-financing threats and vulnerabilities.
Criminal networks seek to exploit vulnerable members of the community. They target and recruit them as money mules to launder their proceeds of crime and reintegrate the funds back into the economy. This creates distance between the networks and the crime, and helps to avoid detection by law enforcement.
The AML/CTF reforms reinforce an outcomes-focused regulatory model. We are evolving our approach to prioritise:
- effective management of money laundering, terrorism financing and proliferation financing (ML/TF/PF) risks
- quality reporting.
To support this, we have developed our regulatory priorities for 2025–26. The regulatory priorities are the areas we will be focusing the majority of our regulatory effort over the next 12 months.
A video to help you recognise some of the signs that could indicate money laundering is occurring at your venue.
Child sexual exploitation is a heinous crime that extends across borders and adversely impacts victims and communities. It is a form of child abuse where offenders and facilitators use their power, either physical, financial or emotional, over a child or young person to sexually or emotionally abuse them. Child sexual exploitation for financial gain involves a child being coerced or manipulated into engaging in forced sexual activity for financial benefit.
A detailed national assessment of Australia’s exposure to proliferation financing threats and vulnerabilities.
This guide provides indicators and behaviours to help financial service providers, particularly those engaged in trade financing, to detect and report suspicious financial activity.
International trade is an attractive avenue for criminals as it presents risks and vulnerabilities that they can exploit. Criminals engaged in trade-based money laundering use the trade of goods and services to move illicit money into and out of Australia and around the world.