An overhaul of Australia’s weak dirty money laws is looming, after two Russian nationals were arrested in Queensland over a series of elaborate cash deposits to conceal a $2.3 million laundering scheme.
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus is consulting on changes expected to add real estate agents, accountants and lawyers to anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing rules.
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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com
