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
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
Winter's new documentary film, The Panama Papers. Gary joined the ANZ Bank's head of financial crime, and Radio NZ's chief business editor, to discuss and highlight the themes on a panel after the premiere showing. When a treasure trove of
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
Gary has been appointed by TRACE International Inc as its New Zealand local expert partner lawyer. Pro Bono Appointment Trace International is a US-based, globally renowned, standard setting and training organisation in the field of anti-bribery and corruption. It works with
Gary’s latest publication is a New Zealand chapter contributed to the major new international work Anti-corruption Laws and Regulations, a Global Guide. This significant new text, published by Globe Law and Business, aims to be a definitive guide to international
Gary was interviewed by Radio NZ's Morning Report show on 30 May 2018, for his expert comments on claims by a political scientist that AML rules are ineffective. In summary form, Gary's views expressed to the business journalist Patrick O'Meara
These articles first appeared in the Australian Financial Review. View the original articles in pdf here. Now questions loom from NZ regulators Smart ATMs Patrick Durkin The Commonwealth Bank faces questions from anti-money laundering regulators in New Zealand, after revelations that CBA’s New Zealand subsidiary ASB Bank is
This article first appeared on Huffington Post, which can be found at here This Is The Unusual Money Laundering Method Of ‘Cuckoo Smurfing’ Article by Luke Cooper Associate Editor, HuffPost Australia Commonwealth Bank Australia was accused of 53,700 breaches of money laundering laws by
