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Economic crime

Economic crime can cost the community dearly and is often a real risk to the financial security of a business or individual. It varies widely from shoplifting and theft through to identity fraud, scams and money laundering. Crime against businesses, particularly against Australia’s small businesses is more commonly committed than against individual households. That said, in 2008 some 806,000 people in Australia were victims of personal fraud, generally identity fraud or scams such as lotteries and pyramid schemes. The AIC examines various aspects of economic crime. The results of its continuing research are available here on this website.

Recent publications

• Fraud against the Commonwealth 2009–10 annual report to government
  23 March 2012
• Consumer scams—2010 and 2011
  20 March 2012
• Scam delivery methods 2007 to 2011
  20 March 2012
• Money laundering and terrorism financing risks to Australian non-profit organisations
  10 February 2012
• Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing across the globe: A comparative study of regulatory action
  10 February 2012
• Trade-based money laundering: Risks and regulatory responses
  10 February 2012
• Computer security threats faced by small businesses in Australia
  07 February 2012
• Misuse of the non-profit sector for money laundering and terrorism financing
  16 September 2011
• Risk factors for advance fee fraud victimisation
  28 August 2011
• Fraud vulnerabilities and the global financial crisis
  11 July 2011
• Welfare fraud in Australia: Dimensions and issues
  17 June 2011
• Fraud in the ‘outback’: Capable guardianship in preventing financial crime in regional and remote communities
  07 June 2011
• Fraud against the Commonwealth 2008–09 annual report to government
  04 April 2011
• Consumer fraud in Australasia: Results of the Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce online Australia surveys 2008 and 2009
  08 March 2011
• Cyber threat landscape faced by financial and insurance industry
  21 February 2011

Recent events

• Waking the sleeping tiger: criminal prosecution for institutional and corporate non-compliance
  08 August 2012
• Consumer Fraud Awareness Week: Panacea or fig Leaf?
  11 March 2011
• International Serious and Organised Crime Conference 2010
  18 October 2010
• Australian Consumer Fraud Taskforce Agency Forum 2009
  08 October 2009
• Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Conference 2009: Managing Risk: Australian and International Perspectives
  01 April 2009