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AUSTRAC's $2.3b Vatican error 'deeply concerning'

John Kehoe

A computer coding error was responsible for the financial intelligence agency being forced to admit it wrongly accused the Vatican of transferring $2.3 billion to Australia.

Labor has questioned the Morrison government's anti-money-laundering credentials after the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre's backdown.

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John Kehoe is economics editor at Parliament House, Canberra. He writes on economics, politics and business. John was Washington correspondent covering Donald Trump’s first election. He joined the Financial Review in 2008 from Treasury. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jkehoe@afr.com

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