Despite every crazy scenario 2020 has thrown up, NZ’s biggest AML and Financial Crime conference event powers ahead. The New Zealand Police Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) together with ACAMS (Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists) organises this major conference at
New Zealand finally has new upgraded privacy and data protection laws, in the shape of the Privacy Act 2020. This arrives at a time when local and overseas firms are experiencing more cybercrime attacks every day and the risks of
The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) has been by far the most active AML/CFT regulator, taking 5 key enforcement court cases to date. New Zealand has a triple-headed Anti-Money Laundering Supervisors system, with the DIA the larger and livelier
Next year will see an important statutory review of the Anti-Money Laundering & Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 take place. It is crucial that issues like the most efficient form of regulatory framework should be on the table for debate. There are currently
While we are in state of emergency lock-down, the main concerns are for public health and maintenance of law & order, and how to brace for the recession bearing down. But any slice of positive news in crazy times is
A State of Emergency and public law New Zealand’s government has (like many around the world) sailed into uncharted waters since the end of March 2020, when a national state of emergency was declared to deal with the coronavirus. Unfamiliar authoritarian
Ākarana Chambers has had to close its physical office in High Street along with the rest of New Zealand as we move into COVID Alert Level 4 lockdown. However, Gary, Courtney and Judy are working remotely from their home offices
The Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) is now into into its 7th year as joint venture partner with the New Zealand Police Financial Intelligence Unit, organising this major conference at Te Papa, Wellington. Gary will again act as
Every year, London based research directory Who’s Who Legal publishes a Regulatory Investigations Guide, with support from the Global Investigations Review magazine. In 2019 Gary has again been ranked as leading NZ lawyer, covering his core fields of white-collar crime,
This month the NZ Financial Markets Authority, one of our three tiered AML-CFT regulators, put out its Monitoring Report covering the period to 30 June 2018. This semi-regular publication describes the FMA's enforcement actions and current priorities in the anti-money
