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Recent case highlights difficulties in proving cases against liquidator for alleged involvement in phoenixing.

On 23 February 2016, the Federal Parliament passed into law the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Proceeds of Crime and Other Measures) Bill 2016.

A decision of the Federal Court provides some useful reminders about misrepresentations by financial brokers and reliance on statements passed on by those brokers.

MAI is a significant upgrade to ASIC capabilities in detecting insider trading and other market misconduct prohibitions.

The Dawn Raid app provides a checklist of "to do" items to assist a company to comply with a regulator's search warrant.

Australian bank Westpac is to pay a record fine of A$1.3 billion (£722 million) after it admitted more than 23 million breaches of money-laundering laws.

The decision has significant implications in relation to the powers of officers of the ICAC to commence criminal prosecutions.

Noncompliance by directors is now a key focus area for ASIC with substantial penalties, civil and criminal, in force.

Act confers jurisdiction on the Federal Court to hear and determine prosecutions for indictable offences.

The penalties for undertaking illegal phoenix activity can be significant for company officers and their advisors.

Corporations should be better equipped to minimise or prevent the negative consequences associated with these two crimes.

If you suspect a crime has occurred on your business premises or involving your business assets, you should report it.

Discussion about Industrial Manslaughter, charges & lessons learned from recent case where employers charged.

The ALRC is reviewing ways to strengthen laws to hold corporations and officers accountable for criminal misconduct.

On 28 March 2018, the Senate Economics References Committee released its report into foreign bribery.

Neil Williams of business crime solicitors Rahman Ravelli sees it as part of a greater recognition by governments of the need to tackle corporate wrongdoing.

Informative article outlining the elements of a criminal offence and how a company can become guilty.