Updated January 2020: First major global operation The Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement (J5) is a global joint operational group, formed in mid-2018 to combat transnational tax crime. The J5 is comprised of tax enforcement authorities from Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. These authorities work together to gather information,…
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The International Criminal Police Organization, more commonly known as INTERPOL, is an international organisation facilitating international police cooperation. INTERPOL has 190 member countries, and focuses on the areas of cybercrime, counter-terrorism, organised and emerging crime. We look at the ways in which INTERPOL supports member countries in preventing and investigating cybercrime. Operations & investigations Cybercrime…
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The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) strongly recommends that access to systems and online services are controlled via robust user identification and authentication practices, ideally using multi-factor authentication, to help prevent cybercrime. The ACSC also acknowledges that implementing multi-factor authentication will not always be possible, and that in some cases system owners may choose to…
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Find out how the NSW Crime Commission conducts investigations and confiscates assets. In which situations does it not commence confiscation proceedings?
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Learn about the Joint International Taskforce on Shared Intelligence and Collaboration, which combines 38 of the world’s national tax administrations.
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The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) is an intelligence agency that is currently part of the Government’s Department of Defence. Its two main functions relate to signals intelligence and information security. The ASD is also a member agency of the Australian Cyber Security Centre, which is a multi-government agency initiative to ensure that Australian networks are…
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The growth of transnational crime is linked to increasing globalisation, with criminal groups exploiting advanced technologies to expand their reach across international borders, implementing untraceable network structures and diversifying their activities. With criminal cases increasingly having an international component, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has recognised the need to cooperate with countries…
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Find out why financial crimes are becoming increasingly sophisticated and complex, with a single crime often violating multiple laws.
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Countries like Australia with a small population benefit from the use of treaties which introduce fairness and transparency to global interactions. Learn more.
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Discover why bitcoin is increasingly being used in the cash-out strategy of cyber criminals to launder proceeds of crime.
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