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Revisiting the Panama Papers – a financial crime watershed

admin December 2, 2019June 30, 2020 Media, Presentations

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

Ranking in Who’s Who Legal 2019 – Investigations

admin April 30, 2019June 30, 2020 Articles, Media

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,

Gary was interviewed by Thomson Reuters about the FMA’s new AML Monitoring Report

admin April 17, 2019June 30, 2020 Articles, Media

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 is appointed by TRACE International – and joins the Podcast “Bribe, Swindle or Steal”

admin November 25, 2018June 30, 2020 Articles, Media

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

NZ chapter written – Anti-corruption Laws and Regulations, a Global Guide – new textbook

admin October 31, 2018October 31, 2018 Articles, Media

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

admin June 8, 2018June 30, 2020 Media, Presentations

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

Gary Hughes interviewed by the Australian Financial Review

admin August 9, 2017June 30, 2020 Media

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

Gary Hughes interviewed by Huffington Post about the money laundering method of ‘Cuckoo Smurfing’

admin August 3, 2017June 30, 2020 Media

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

Gary Hughes moves to independent bar

admin September 21, 2016June 25, 2021 Media

Article by New Zealand Law Society 10th August 2016 Gary Hughes has commenced practice as a barrister, after 21 years in top-tier law firms, helping to establish the new Akarana Chambers in Auckland. Read the full article here

Gary Hughes interviewed by Reuters about New Zealand’s extension of Anti-Money Laundering laws

admin September 1, 2016June 30, 2020 Media

22 August 2016 This article first appeared on Thomson Reuters’ Regulatory Intelligence platform, which can be found at risk.thomsonreuters.com New Zealand to crack down on laundering through real estate and “gatekeepers” The New Zealand government is working on new anti-money