Presentations

New Zealand Police Financial Intelligence Unit 2023 annual conference (ACAMS JV) – dates & details

admin September 8, 2023September 12, 2023 Presentations

The Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) Australasian Chapter each year partners with the New Zealand Police Financial Intelligence Unit to organise New Zealand's premier anti-financial crime conference. Held at Te Papa Tongarewa, National Museum of NZ, Wellington, Gary

COFI and Culture: which way might new FMA rules go?

admin September 8, 2023September 11, 2023 Presentations

CoFI rules (the new "Conduct of Financial Institutions" law and licensing regime) will affect over 100 registered banks, licensed insurers, and licensed non-bank deposit takers (e.g. credit unions and some finance company lenders) who operate in or through New Zealand.

Sydney session June 2022 – presentation with the AUSTRAC Enforcers

admin August 1, 2022August 31, 2022 Presentations

AUSTRAC Enforcement Sydney conference 2022 In late June Gary enjoyed a busy couple of days in Sydney presenting at the ACAMS conference on financial crime and regulatory issues. A real highlight was working with AUSTRAC's enforcement leadership team on a

London’s 6th Annual Business Crime Conference – self reporting and engaging with a regulator or prosecutor

admin November 26, 2021August 31, 2022 Presentations

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

The big AML Interview: David Lewis FATF Exec. Secretary at NZ Police conference Oct 2021

admin October 30, 2021August 31, 2022 Presentations

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)

Presenting at ACAMS Australasian conference Sydney (yes, in person!)

admin August 12, 2021August 31, 2022 Presentations

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

Overseas expert witness to the Cullen Inquiry Commission in Canada

admin June 25, 2021August 31, 2022 Media, Presentations

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

TSB Bank faces AML claim by RBNZ – Gary interviewed about likely settlement

admin June 8, 2021August 31, 2022 Media, Presentations

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

Beneficial Ownership approaches: how burdensome, how effective? (IBA 2020)

admin May 10, 2021June 16, 2021 Presentations

Like so many conferences, the International Bar Association’s showcase annual event had to take place virtually due to Covid in November 2020.

Gary presents at the ACAMS 24+ online financial crime marathon

admin June 11, 2020June 29, 2020 Presentations

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

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