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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About Scamwatch Scamwatch is a service run by the National Anti-Scam Centre, which was established in 2023 by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) with the goal of collecting information on and combatting scams in collaboration with both domestic and international partners, agencies, and industry bodies. Scams awareness week and 2025 campaign Scams…
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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 report and risk management obligations, and also analyses and provides law enforcement authorities (as well as national security partners) with data that assists them in…
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What is an ARIN and what does it do? An asset recovery interagency network (ARIN) is an informal network of specialists and practitioners who operate in the asset tracing, freezing, and recovery space. ARINs assist law enforcement agencies (LEAs) from different countries to work together to better combat money laundering. Origins of ARIN-AP Inspired…
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