AML/CFT Statutory Review - summary of submissions [pdf, 1.2 MB]
...weak systems and controls they can exploit. Money laundering is happening every day across New Zealand. The Financial Intelligence Unit estimated that over $1 billion a year of dirty money comes from drug dealing and fraud which may be laundered through New Zealand businesses. The social and economic costs of crimes enabled by money laundering is significantly higher than the value of the laundered proceeds. While the likelihood of terrorism financing in New Zealand is low, the potentia...