Insights from our AML Experts

WEBINAR Do you want to know more about Governance of AML Programs? AML Experts are holding a webinar on Governance of AML Programs as part of the Under the Bonnet of the AML Act series.

WEBINAR- Do you want to know more about Independent Reviews of AML/CTF Programs? AML Experts are holding a webinar on Independent Reviews of AML/CTF Programs as part of the Under the Bonnet of the AML Act series.

AML Experts are holding a webinar on how to amend an AML/CTF Program as part of the Under the Bonnet of the AML Act series.

AML Experts are holding a webinar on KYC issues during COVID-19 as part of the Under the Bonnet of the AML Act series.

“AUSTRAC will work constructively with you as you manage your money laundering and terrorism financing risks during this disruptive period.

What if you can undertake the Applicable Customer Identification Procedures (ACIP) / Know Your Customer (KYC) but not to the standard mandated by your AML/CTF Program Part B? The best, perhaps only, solution is to change your AML/CTF Program and related ACIP/KYC procedures.

It is a fundamental principle of the AML regime that the Applicable Customer Identification Procedures (aka KYC, identification and verification) must be carried out before the commencement of the provision of a designated service for a new customer (AML Act, Sect. 32). That is unless the exemption in Sect. 33 applies.

During these uncertain times the law still applies and criminals are active. Transaction monitoring, investigations, and decisions around potentially suspicious matters still need to be made.