Region: Australia

Australia’s anti-money laundering regulator's investigation into Entain comes just a few weeks after the company was fined nearly £20 million over failures in its AML compliance in the UK.

12 September 2022

An estate agent, a university and a US technology company are among the companies that have filled in-house compliance roles in the latest people news roundup.

09 September 2022

A legal wrangle in Australia over the size of penalties that courts can hand to companies in foreign bribery cases could be heard by the country’s highest court.

01 September 2022

01 July 2022

27 June 2022

The head of Australia’s anti-money laundering agency has seen widespread compliance improvements after bringing tough enforcement actions against some of the country’s biggest lenders.

23 June 2022

15 June 2022

10 May 2022

22 March 2022

The country’s corporate watchdog has fined Anglo-Australian mining company Rio Tinto $750,000 for failing to disclose material information about the value of a Mozambique mining project.

07 March 2022