Anti money laundering in the news – 4 Corners

The ABC programme 4 Corners recently aired the case of a prominent Dubai based money launderer being arrested.

The amounts of money laundered were reported to be in the billions of dollars.

Funds were laundered by a number of methods including that where money was not actually physically transferred and by invoicing manipulation by importers and exporters.

It is anticipated that crypto currencies will be increasingly utilised to launder funds.