The Latest Breaking News from AUSTRAC

Iran's Revolutionary Guard-affiliated actors have launched targeted cyber attacks on Australian organisations, aiming to use the data obtained for extortion, a report tabled in parliament shows.

Reports of suspected money laundering through poker machines soared during the past year, the government's financial regulator says.

The civil penalty proceedings follow an AUSTRAC investigation into SkyCity Adelaide, as part of its industry-wide compliance campaign.

A federal watchdog has started civil penalty proceedings against gambling giant Star for alleged failures to comply with anti-money laundering laws.

Star casinos are facing massive fines as the anti-money-laundering regulator AUSTRAC launches a Federal Court action seeking civil penalties.

When gambling addicts steal hundreds of thousands of dollars for losing bets, the victims of theft have little recourse. Advocates say that must change

Austrac chief Nicole Rose says the financial crimes ombudsman is ‘putting the whole industry on notice to lift their game’

The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) is launching an investigation into two of the nation's biggest online sports betting companies over money laundering concerns and warns that it wants the multi-billion-dollar gambling industry to "lift its game".

Australia's financial intelligence agency has told online gaming groups Sportsbet and Bet365 it has reasonable grounds to suspect they may have broken the law.