Financial Integrity Hub: The Podcast FinCrime Hates
The Financial Integrity Hub podcast, produced by Macquarie University, brings together academics, regulators and industry experts to explore financial crime, AML/CTF compliance and regulatory developments in Australia.
Why This Podcast Matters for FinCrime Compliance
The Financial Integrity Hub (FIH) was established to unite academia, industry and government in creating a unified ecosystem supporting financial compliance and AML/CTF objectives. The podcast advances these goals by featuring financial crime experts discussing key issues affecting the sector.
Notable guest speakers include:
- Nathan Lynch, author of The Lucky Laundry
- Anthony Quinn, Founder of Arctic Intelligence
- Jeremy Moller, Risk Advisor at Norton Rose Fulbright
- Brendan Thomas, CEO of AUSTRAC
What You’ll Learn
Season 2 addresses Australia’s evolving AML/CTF landscape and navigating new regulatory compliance requirements. Key themes include:
- Identifying and mitigating financial crime risk across traditionally unregulated sectors
- How terrorist financing adapts with emerging technologies like cryptocurrency
- Corporate financial crime and multi-party corruption challenges
- Trade-based money laundering (TBML) and illicit financial flows
- Data analytics and RegTech’s role in smarter compliance
Episode Highlights
Episode 3: Environmental Crime and Trade-Based Money Laundering
Environmental crime advisor Davyth Stewart discusses how illegal logging, a multi-billion dollar criminal enterprise, exemplifies trade-based money laundering. Essential listening for businesses with international trade exposure.
Episode 5: AUSTRAC’s Regulatory Priorities
AUSTRAC CEO Brendan Thomas addresses impending AML/CTF reforms, the regulator’s “reducing harm” focus, and how data analytics and technology are strategic investments for maintaining financial integrity.
Tranche 2 AML/CTF Reforms Context
Australia’s Tranche 2 reform program represents “the most significant expansion of the country’s financial crime framework in decades.” From 2026, thousands of previously unregulated businesses must implement AML/CTF programs, conduct Customer Due Diligence and report suspicious matters.
Who Should Listen?
- Compliance officers and financial crime specialists
- Business owners in Tranche 2 industries (legal, accounting, real estate)
- Risk and governance professionals
- Policymakers and regulators
- Anyone seeking to understand financial crime mechanics
Visit the Financial Integrity Hub to begin listening.