Yes, there is such a thing as a professional money launderer in NZ

New Zealand Police dismantled a money laundering network that had processed $123 million. The investigation raised important questions about how laundering services operate

The Willing Conduit

When financial desperation meets opportunity, the line between victim and offender can be dangerously thin - as the case of Hamilton architect Chamroeun Kor demonstrates

The $500,000 Romance Scam

Eighteen years. Half a million dollars. A relationship that never existed. What this case reveals about romance fraud as a money laundering typology — and why your work is the last line of defence.

Unconscionable Conduct and the Gateway to Systematic Financial Crime

When vulnerable trust meets calculated exploitation the consequences and quantums can be devastating to victims.

The First Currency of Incarceration: How Nicotine Pills Become Prison Gold

Part 1 in a series on prison economics. When legitimate money stops mattering, human desperation creates alternative economies that reveal the true psychology of survival

The Remuera Façade: How Professional Credibility Transformed a Finance Director into a Money Laundering Conduit

When desperation meets opportunity and professional privilege provides cover, the line between victim and accomplice becomes dangerously blurred

How New Zealand's Amateur Football League Became a $212 Million Money Laundering Target

When vulnerability meets opportunity, even Sunday league football can become a gateway for international organised crime

The Man Behind New Zealand's Largest COVID Fraud

When cultural adaptation meets criminal opportunity, the result can be a sophisticated deception that exploits both government trust and professional privilege

The Cash Kitchen: How Greed Transformed Restaurant Success into Criminal Empire

When legitimate business success isn't enough, the temptation to skim millions from tax authorities can transform respected entrepreneurs into sophisticated money launderers

Beyond the Drug Dollar: The Complex Web of Predicate Crimes

When AML professionals think of predicate crimes, drug trafficking often dominates the conversation. But New Zealand's financial crime landscape reveals a far more complex reality.

How New Zealand's Drug Economy Thrives on Love and Despair

Drug use and money laundering is a product of systemic issues and the exploitation of vulnerabilities as much it is about individual choices.

The $2 Trillion Betrayal: How Banking's Greed Machine Broke the Global Financial System

When profit trumps principle, the consequences extend far beyond shareholder returns—they reach into every community touched by the violence, corruption, and suffering that unchecked money laundering enables