About ACIC Created in July 2016, the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) focuses on identifying and reducing organised crime in Australia. ACIC is part of the Five Eyes Law Enforcement Group and National Intelligence Community and is a Commonwealth statutory agency established by the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 (Cth). At present, ACIC sits under…
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About AUSTRAC The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) is Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regulator and financial intelligence service. It ensures that businesses are compliant with their reporting and risk management obligations and analyses and provides law enforcement authorities and national security partners with information to assist them in their investigations and…
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About AUSTRAC The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) is Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regulator and financial intelligence service. It ensures that businesses are compliant with their reporting and risk management obligations and analyses and provides law enforcement authorities and national security partners with information to assist them in their investigations and…
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Updating jurisdiction classifications As reported by AUSTRAC, in October 2025 the FATF published updates on two types of jurisdictions that the organisation monitors: High-Risk Jurisdictions Subject to a Call for Action (“Black List”): The FATF provided updates on Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), and Myanmar. Jurisdictions Under Increased Monitoring (“Grey List”): The…
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About ASIO The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) is the Australian government’s domestic intelligence and national security agency. Annual threat assessment Since joining ASIO in 2019, Director-General of Security Mike Burgress has provided an annual threat assessment speech that reflected on both previous and current threats. In his February 2025 speech he focused on…
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Reasons for claiming compensation from the AFP If the Australian Federal Police (AFP) makes an error that causes someone to suffer “financial loss or some other detriment”, then the aggrieved party can seek to claim compensation. At present, the AFP says that claims for losses suffered can be sought as a result of the following:…
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About AUSTRAC The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) is Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regulator and financial intelligence service. It ensures that businesses are compliant with their reporting and risk management obligations and analyses and provides law enforcement authorities (and national security partners) with information that assists them in their investigations and…
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About the APG The Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) is a multilateral and intergovernmental task force designed to combat money laundering and terrorist financing in the Asia Pacific region. The APG, alongside being a part of the FATF’s global network, is also an associate member. Origins of the APG Following the establishment of…
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About the CyberDigest Every fortnight, the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe (C-PROC) releases a new edition of its CyberDigest, a newsletter that provides readers with a collection of press releases and news articles covering a wide range of topics related to the “aims, activities and achievements” of C-PROC. CyberDigest themes The…
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About the CDPP The Office of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) is a statutory agency that was created by the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983 (the DPP Act) and is an independent prosecuting agency tasked with prosecuting alleged offenses made against the Commonwealth of Australia. Purpose of the corporate plan Section…
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