Gary capped off a busy November 2021 for excellent events by being invited to present at London’s 6th Annual Business Crime Conference. This event is hosted by 33 Chancery Lane, a leading boutique set of barristers chambers in London well-known for financial
David Lewis of the FATF in conversation with Gary Hughes, at NZ FIU conference 2021. The NZ Police Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) annual conference is probably the largest financial crime event in New Zealand or Australia (450+ attendees over 2.5 days)
Gary was an expert speaker at the Inaugural ACAMS AML & Anti-Financial Crime Conference - Australasia on 21 - 22, June 2021 held at the Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney. Law enforcement officials and risk managers from both Australia and New Zealand came together in Sydney
The government of British Columbia in Canada has appointed the Honourable Justice Austin Cullen to conduct a major Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering risks in the province. An independent Commission was established in May 2019 in the wake of
Leading Anti-Money Laundering expert Gary Hughes was interviewed by Thomson Reuters for their Regulatory Intelligence publication, about the Reserve Bank of New Zealand announcement it had commenced a court claim against TSB Bank. Key Points: the first time the RBNZ has
In the first week of June 2020, Gary joined more than 80 financial crime compliance experts at the ground-breaking ACAMS24+ Global Virtual Summit online. Possibly the most ambitious ‘webinar’ yet attempted while many nations were under Covid-19 lockdown conditions, experts from
Gary Hughes worked alongside Michael Heron QC to deliver an entertaining pre-Xmas discussion session for the NZ Insurance Law Association and ICNZ’s Liability Insurance Group.The two barristers addressed the seminar in Wellington on their core areas of expertise, which includes
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
Concerns around cyber-crime, privacy breach, and super-sized data collection have been growing steadily. August saw a real focus on this area in Gary's work and speaking engagements, in Sydney and Auckland. As well as advising new payment technology and cryptocurrency
