Aussie realty sector exposed to laundering risk
Sydney
AUSTRALIA needs to tighten safeguards against money laundering in its booming property market, which has attracted Chinese funds with likely links to corruption, an international anti-money laundering body said in a report released late on Tuesday.
The intergovernmental Financial Action Task Force (FATF) said real estate agents and lawyers have been identified as a high money laundering risk in Australia, where regulations do not require them to report suspicious transactions.
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