International body suspends anti-money laundering law evaluations
The real estate sector has continually been identified as a weak spot in Australia's anti-money laundering regime, with financial intelligence agency AUSTRAC estimating $1 billion in suspicious transactions from China in 2016.
A global anti-money laundering taskforce has suspended evaluations of financial crime laws mid-way through an examination of Australia's progress in the area.
The Financial Action Taskforce (FATF), which sits under the G7 major world economies, was due to release its latest Australian report in the coming months, but that process has now been suspended.
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