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Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) is an Australian government agency, established in 1989 under the ''Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988''〔(Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 ), at ComLaw〕 and continued in existence under the ''Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006'' (AML/CTF Act). The agency is Australia's financial intelligence unit to counter money laundering, organised crime, tax evasion, welfare fraud and terrorism.〔(AUSTRAC at a glance )〕 AUSTRAC's head office is in Sydney, New South Wales. Certain classes of financial services must be reported to AUSTRAC, in particular bank cash transactions (i.e. notes and coins) of $10,000 or more. AUSTRAC passes the information it collects on to law enforcement, revenue, regulatory, security and other agencies. == Operation == "Reporting entities" are required to report transactions to AUSTRAC. Transactions which must be reported are: * Currency transactions of $10,000 or more, or foreign currency of that value. * International funds transfer instructions, either into or out of Australia, of any amount. * Suspicious transactions of any kind; being transactions the dealer may reasonably suspect of being part of tax evasion or crime, or might assist in a prosecution. Members of the public are also obliged to report to AUSTRAC if they carry $10,000 or more (or equivalent in a foreign currency) of cash into or out of Australia, which can be done on forms available from the Border Force at airports and sea ports. The Border Force attempts to detect evasion of this requirement. Airlines are not held liable for what their passengers carry. Cross-border movement of bearer negotiable instruments of any amount must also be reported if requested by a Border Force or police officer. It's an offence under the Act for anyone to split a transaction into two or more parts with a dominant purpose of avoiding the reporting rules and thresholds. Certain classes of transactions are exempt, or may be exempted on application. For example, established customers transacting amounts typical of their lawful business for payroll, or retail or vending machine takings, etc. Motor vehicle traders are specifically not in the retailers exemption, their transactions are not eligible for exemption (likewise boat, farm machinery and aircraft traders). Under the ''Freedom of Information Act 1982'', any person can access records held by AUSTRAC, subject to certain exemptions.〔(Freedom of Information Guidelines page ) at AUSTRAC web site〕 In 2014 AUSTRAC released a report ''Terrorism financing in Australia 2014'' which says, "Terrorism financing poses a serious threat to Australians and Australian interests at home and abroad." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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