Money Laundering and AML Articles

Could you be considered a money laundering suspect by your financial activity?  See our Money Laundering Law page for a more comprehensive examination of AML law in Australia. See how gambling/gaming can be used to launder money. Discover how virtual currency such as Bitcoin allows money laundering in the 21st Century. Money Laundering and use…

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Money Laundering Law

Author: Phillip Gibson, Accredited Specialist Criminal Law and Criminal Defence Lawyer. What is money laundering? The process of turning “dirty money”, that is, money that is the proceeds of crime, into “clean money” is called money laundering. Usually, money laundering matters are factually complicated, involve detailed financial analysis and complex evidence and require considerable negotiations…

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Section 10s: Loophole or Justified Discretion?

Dennis Miralis, Partner at Nyman Gibson Miralis Section 10s: Loophole or Justified Discretion? – Dennis Miralis, P artner at Nyman Gibson Miralis Criminal Defence Lawyers Click here to hear Criminal Defence Lawyer Dennis Miralis explain and defend the concept of the Section 10. Section 10 allows a magistrate to not record a conviction for a…

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Automatic driver’s licence suspension

Impact of an automatic driver’s licence suspension The privilege to drive is an essential part of everyday life. We all need our driver’s licence to drive to work, to take our kids to school, to get our elderly relatives to the doctors and even run our businesses. So when your licence is suspended, the effects…

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Negligent driving causing death (case study)

The case of Bonsu v R [2009] NSWCCA 316 is the binding authority for cases involving negligent driving causing death. The case has significantly changed the landscape of cases involving this offence. If convicted, an offender is now much more likely to face a custodial sentence than was previously the case. What follows in this…

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Dangerous driving causing death NSW

Penalties for dangerous driving causing death “Dangerous driving causing death” is a serious criminal offence that provides for penalties of up to 10 years imprisonment under section 52A(1) of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW). If the offence is committed in circumstances of aggravation, the maximum penalty is 14 years imprisonment. Circumstances of aggravation include the…

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