AUSTRALIA/NZ/PACIFIC
February 1st, 2003
BY MATTHEW BRACEWITH Australia sharing the front-line in President Bush's war against terrorism with Britain and the USA, and also having witnessed its citizens dying in last year's Bali nightclub terror attack, it is maybe not surprising that it has been tightening its money laundering legislation, especially as regards terrorists.Indeed, in a bid to strengthen domestic anti-money laundering arrangements and implement recent United Nations (UN) anti crime resolutions and the 2001 Special Recommendations on Terrorist Financing developed by the OECD's Financial ...
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