The Mekong

• The Mekong-Australia Partnership on Transnational Crime (MAP-TNC). Coordinated by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), MAP-TNC aims to counter transnational crime and enhance border security in the Mekong subregion through targeted capacity building programs.

Indonesia

• The AUSTRAC Indonesia Programs delivers capability uplift and improves interagency collaboration in partnership with AML/CTF authorities in Indonesia. Programs underway focus on collaborative activities that harden the Indonesian financial system to financial crime.

The Philippines

• The Strengthening Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) Responses in the Philippines Program (SARPP) is a partnership between AUSTRAC and the Philippines FIU, the Anti-Money Laundering Council of the Philippines (AMLC). SARPP activities support the Philippines to strengthen their response to terrorism and enhance their AML/CTF framework to meet international standards.

Regional Leadership

The Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units

AUSTRAC is a founding member of the Egmont Group of FIUs, an international organisation comprising FIUs from more than 165 jurisdictions and observers. FIUs around the world are obliged by international AML/CTF standards to exchange information and engage in international cooperation. As an international FIU forum, Egmont Group both facilitates and promotes sharing of financial intelligence amongst its member FIUs to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, and associated predicate crimes.

We take a leadership role in a wide range of Egmont Group work to drive AUSTRAC and the Australian Government’s international priorities. Through Egmont, we exchange operational information and collaborates with counterpart FIUs and other members of the global AML/CTF community of practice to strengthen operational best practice globally - noting that operationally strong FIUs significantly contribute to global efforts to fight financial crime.

The Egmont Group aims to improve stakeholders’ understanding of financial crime risks and draws upon diverse operational experience to support international efforts to implement the resolutions and statements of the United Nations Security Council, Financial Action Task Force (FATF), and G20 Finance Ministers.

Financial Intelligence Consultative Group (FICG)

The Financial Intelligence Consultative Group (FICG) is a collective regional body, consisting of heads and senior representatives of FIUs from ASEAN, New Zealand and Australia. The FICG promotes, enhances and strengthens collaboration on AML/CTF to combat serious financial crime in the region.

Pacific Financial Intelligence Community (PFIC)

The Pacific Financial Intelligence Community (PFIC) brings together 12 Pacific FIUs. The PFIC promotes greater collaboration among its members, covering operational engagement, research activities, capacity building and technology enhancement.

International presence

AUSTRAC Liaison Officers are based in key locations around the world to support multilateral and bilateral initiatives. AUSTRAC has officers located in:

• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Beijing, China
• London, United Kingdom
• Washington DC, United States of America

The liaison officers build working relationships with our counterpart FIUs and regional and global AML/CTF partners, and promote AUSTRAC as a partner of choice internationally.

The liaison officers are also supported by Australia based Program Managers who deliver targeted capacity building initiatives and programs across the Pacific, the Mekong and the Philippines.