IDCARE, Scamwatch and AUSTRAC have responded to over a thousand enquiries from Australians looking to apply for compensation from the US Government after falling victim to international fraud syndicates targeting individuals through Western Union money transfers.
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8 Nov 2018
AUSTRAC continues to build its global network of financial intelligence capability with the appointment of the first ever AUSTRAC financial intelligence analyst to be posted in China.
31 Oct 2018
The fourth Counter-Terrorism Financing (CTF) Summit will be held in Bangkok Thailand and will bring together over 350 global leaders and specialists in financial intelligence together with senior representatives from regulatory, law enforcement, national security and policy agencies, industry participants and academics.
24 Oct 2018
The AUSTRAC annual report 2017-18 is now available. It highlights some significant and record achievements for the agency during the 2017-18 financial year.
27 Sep 2018
AUSTRAC and its U.S. counterpart, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), have today strengthened their alliance in the fight against serious financial crime and terrorism financing.
27 Aug 2018
Terrorism financing and the illegal movement of money through the Indo-Pacific just got harder with the commencement of the first regional Financial Intelligence Analyst Course (FIAC) in Brunei today.
23 Jul 2018
AUSTRAC’s initiative to host Australia’s first ever law enforcement and financial intelligence Codeathon has today won a Public Sector Innovation Award.
4 Jul 2018
Dutch authorities have charged two men believed to be involved in supplying drugs to alleged global crime syndicate
26 Jun 2018
AUSTRAC is hosting a RegTech Showcase today in Sydney
20 Jun 2018
$700 million civil penalty ordered today against CBA by the Federal Court of Australia