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What are Money mule accounts? Australia’s financial intelligence regulator targets financial crime vulnerabilities in foreign-owned banksAustralia's financial intelligence unit, AUSTRAC, has uncovered significant control and reporting issues within foreign-owned banks. Review...- AUSTRAC flags financial crime risks in foreign-owned banks over low AML reporting and money mule activityAustralia's financial intelligence agency, AUSTRAC, has flagged serious concerns regarding foreign banks. Weaknesses in controls and low re...
- Bunnings gets green light to introduce facial recognition following landmark victoryBunnings will deploy facial recognition across Australian stores over 18 months. This follows a successful appeal against a privacy ruling....
- Fraud victims among top crypto ATM users, Australian regulator saysAUSTRAC has identified 90 top crypto ATM users in Australia as scam victims, money mules, or suspects in a nationwide crackdown on crypto-r...
- Thai police bust multi-million dollar investment scam, arrest 13 including 5 Australians from a luxury mansionThai police, aided by Australian intelligence, raided a Bangkok mansion. They arrested thirteen foreign nationals. The group, including Aus...
- Queensland hacker Shane Duffy loses $4.5M in cybercrime asset seizure, including BitcoinsAustralian authorities have successfully seized over $4.5 million in assets from Shane Stephen Duffy, a Queenslander accused of cybercrime....
- Australian regulator moves to curtail criminal use of cryptocurrencyThe Australian transaction reports and analysis centre (AUSTRAC) said its findings showed cryptocurrency was increasingly being exploited f...
- Meta, Australian banks tout progress on taking down 'celeb bait' scam adsThe U.S. social media giant said it took down the scam ads after receiving 102 reports since April from the Australian Financial Crimes Exc...
- Australian spies blame Russian for major cyberattackAustralia has identified the Russian mastermind behind a crippling cyber attack, unmasking the 33-year-old hacker for the first time on Tue...
- Australian health insurer Medibank says data of all customers hackedMedibank said its priority was to discover the specific data stolen in relation to each customer and to share that information with those c...
- CBI searches 105 locations under operation targeting cyber criminalsThey said 87 locations are being searched by the CBI and 18 locations are being searched by state and UT police in which over 300 suspects ...
- Australian government slams Optus for cybersecurity breachThe company ran a full-page apology in major Australian newspapers on Saturday for the "devastating" breach that it first reported on Sept....
- ASX 200 closes 0.5% higher; Australia shares off record peak as focus shifts to US dataThe S&P/ASX 200, which rose 0.5 per cent in early trade, closed firmer at 7,292.6. The benchmark ended 0.2 per cent lower on Monday.
- Queen strips Harvey Weinstein of top royal honourRoyal honours can be forfeited if the Buckingham Palace considers the system has been brought into disrepute.
- India-Australia discuss ways to enhance counter-terror cooperationIssues related to human trafficking and people smuggling, combating illegal drug trafficking, and sharing information between law enforceme...
- India partnering US, Canada for sharing terror financing infoIndia has entered into partnerships with four countries including USA and Canada for sharing of classified information on terror financing.
- Four Rio Tinto staffers get 7-14 years' jail termA Chinese court has sentenced an Australian manager of mining giant Rio Tinto along with three Chinese citizens to jail terms ranging betwe...
- Australians in India edgy over backlashThe spate of “racial” attacks on Indian students in Australia has put professionals in a spot in India.
- India asks Australia to take urgent action on attacksStepping up pressure on Australia in the wake of continuing attacks on Indian students, India on Thursday asked Canberra to take "urgent ac...
- Regulatory overkill continues to worry banks the mostExposure to emerging markets such as India and China, volatile interest rates and commodities are the new concerns of the banking community...
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