Anti-Money Laundering | Law Strategy

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)

Reserve Bank settles AML court action against TSB bank

admin September 15, 2021August 31, 2022 Articles, Media

The Reserve Bank of NZ negotiated an agreed settlement to the TSB Bank AML case, the first enforcement action by RBNZ. In New Zealand an Anti-Money Laundering Supervisor cannot impose its own penalty, it must approach the High Court

New Zealand’s leading financial crime conference is going ahead – ACAMS/FIU event dates

admin September 11, 2020August 31, 2022 Articles

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 DIA’s 5th AML court case sharpens the knife for individuals

admin July 16, 2020August 31, 2022 Articles, Media

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

Dates for 2019’s leading financial crime conference – ACAMS with NZ Police

admin May 30, 2019August 31, 2022 Articles

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

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

admin April 17, 2019August 31, 2022 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 was interviewed by Radio NZ’s Morning Report show

admin June 8, 2018August 31, 2022 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, 2017August 31, 2022 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

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