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New Zealand an ‘easy target’ for money launderers

New Zealand an ‘easy target’ for money launderers

DimensionGRC In the News Lead article in Stuff Business Section OPINION: Last week a series of arrests and property seizures across the Auckland region hit the headlines, the culmination of an extensive investigation by the New Zealand Police’s Financial Crime Group...

The LumED interview

The LumED interview

Why You Should Be Worried About Money Laundering Jenine Colmore-Williams is the founder of Dimension GRC, a software company focused on supporting and protecting businesses by enabling them to expose illegal money laundering activity. Money laundering is not like...

M2 interview

M2 interview

Why You Should Be Worried About Money Laundering Jenine Colmore-Williams is the founder of Dimension GRC, a software company focused on supporting and protecting businesses by enabling them to expose illegal money laundering activity. Money laundering is not like...

DimensionGRC In the News

DimensionGRC In the News

Live NewstalkZB and lead article NZ Herald Business Section DimensionGRC interviewed in response to the scrutiny we are under by global #AMLCFT watchdog in a year where most companies are undergoing their first AML audit. Mike Hosking interviews Dimension GRC's...

AML/CFT Compliance – A Year in Review for Lawyers

AML/CFT Compliance – A Year in Review for Lawyers

The inter-governmental Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has released a guidance document, ‘Risk-based Approach for Legal Professionals in June this year ahead of New Zealand mutual evaluation by FATF in 2020. The Report is well worth the read and discusses the need...

Lawyers lagging in AML compliance

Lawyers lagging in AML compliance

Lawyers are dragging their heels on anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, risking penalties of up to $5 million, reputational damage and full-scale police investigations when the regulator begins its inspections towards the end of this year. Also in the regulator’s...

NZ Company Directors — this is your wake up call…

NZ Company Directors — this is your wake up call…

A “wake up” call has been made today to company directors in New Zealand, alerting them to the personal risks they face from obligations under the country’s anti-money laundering laws. An Auckland-based hi-tech startup that is offering companies a state-of-the-art...

Anti Money Laundering

Anti Money Laundering

To comply or not...it's your choice! here is a misguided assumption that the more money you throw at Anti Money Laundering risk the more effective you’ll manage it. This is far from the truth when looking to manage anti money laundering compliance. You have to spend...

Back to Billable Basics – Improving Lawyers AML Programme

Back to Billable Basics – Improving Lawyers AML Programme

‍Introduction The Legal Sector has been captured under the new AML Regulations (Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009) for just over 90 days and we have had time to measure the success and failures of AML Programmes. Organisations...

Money Laundering and the New Zealand Economy

Money Laundering and the New Zealand Economy

Keep our Money Clean There is a struggle going on behind the multiple facades of finance and commerce in New Zealand. It has to do with fighting crime, facing responsibilities and keeping the country honest. Specifically, the faceless villains are launderers of money...

Money Laundering, Hindsight & A Missing Factory

Money Laundering, Hindsight & A Missing Factory

Gone. Millions gone. A customer gone. The factory gone? ‍ Wait, what? The factory? ‍ This is a story of a true event caused by a failing in understanding risk, poor customer due diligence and cursory suspicious activity monitoring. I was too junior in my career to...

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