The Australian Government introduces the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combatting Corporate Crimes) Bill 2019 (Cth) targeting corporate misconduct and foreign bribery

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Recently, three of Australia's four largest banks have self-reported breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws. Commonwealth Bank of Australia in 2018 admitted fault and agreed to pay a civil penalty of AU$700 million for 53,506 breaches of Australia’s money laundering laws. The penalty imposed at the time was the largest in Australian corporate history.

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