October 07 - Cambodia has become a money-laundering haven for Chinese criminals for several very basic reasons, according to an analyst who works on criminal justice. In a note posted on LinkedIn on Monday, Mina Chiang said she had briefed an Interpol meeting in Tokyo on features of Cambodia’s legal and financial system to explain why Chinese citizens see it as an extraordinarily “convenient” hub to exchange money.

October 07 - An academic study published in the Journal of Cybersecurity effectively advises governments to attack privacy-protecting blockchains. The study, conducted by Iwona Karasek-Wojciechowicz, was published more than three years ago, in March 2021, but only recently has the news of its publication spread.

October 07 - Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus says the Coalition would be supporting terrorists, people smugglers and drug traffickers by opposing new anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing laws in parliament. The ramped-up rhetoric from the nation’s first law officer comes after shadow attorney-general Michaelia Cash roundly criticised new laws that would expand AML/CTF laws to lawyers, accountants and real estate agents.

October 03 - The RCMP declined to investigate a suspected money laundering network connected to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) because the force determined that shutting down the scheme would have “no significant impact.” According to documents released by the federal foreign interference commission Thursday, the RCMP was made aware of a “money laundering network that was connected to organized crime and PRC (foreign actor interference) activity.”