{"id":13030,"date":"2025-07-31T13:33:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T13:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/?post_type=europe&#038;p=13030"},"modified":"2025-07-31T13:33:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T13:33:20","slug":"mounties-clubs-under-fire-as-austrac-takes-action-over-aml-failings","status":"publish","type":"europe","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/mounties-clubs-under-fire-as-austrac-takes-action-over-aml-failings\/","title":{"rendered":"Mounties clubs under fire as AUSTRAC takes action over AML failings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of New South Wales\u2019 most iconic suburban club groups, <strong>Mounties<\/strong>, has found itself in the spotlight after the federal regulator raised serious concerns over alleged <strong>anti-money laundering (AML) failures<\/strong>. In a headline-grabbing move, <strong>AUSTRAC<\/strong> has launched Federal Court proceedings accusing the club chain of <em>systemic non-compliance<\/em> that may have opened the door to criminal exploitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AUSTRAC alleges that Mounties \u2014 which runs venues like Mounties Mt Pritchard, Manly Bowling Club, Harbord Diggers and Club Wyong \u2014 failed to correctly monitor patrons at its 1,400 pokies terminals. Key compliance shortfalls include insufficient <strong>customer risk assessments<\/strong>, inadequate staff training, and poor oversight of compliance services that were outsourced to third parties. In 2024, Mounties generated a staggering <strong>AUD\u202f232 million in gaming revenue<\/strong>, but investigators claim this success came at a cost: a lack of basic safeguards ([turn0news4]).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/landing\/multigame-link\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9622\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMounties is one of the largest and most profitable club groups in NSW. They had a responsibility to prevent money laundering,\u201d said AUSTRAC CEO Brendan Thomas. He warned that clubs dealing heavily in cash are inherently <em>\u201chigh-risk zones\u201d<\/em> for laundering, particularly when compliance is lax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/mounties-clubs-under-fire-as-austrac-takes-action-over-aml-failings2-1024x464.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/mounties-clubs-under-fire-as-austrac-takes-action-over-aml-failings2-1024x464.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/mounties-clubs-under-fire-as-austrac-takes-action-over-aml-failings2-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/mounties-clubs-under-fire-as-austrac-takes-action-over-aml-failings2-768x348.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/mounties-clubs-under-fire-as-austrac-takes-action-over-aml-failings2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mounties has denied any wrongdoing and said it is fully cooperating with the regulator, promising to overhaul its compliance program where needed. Meanwhile, <strong>Clubs NSW<\/strong> has expressed eagerness to work with AUSTRAC to boost standards across the industry \u2014 with the regulator\u2019s chief set to speak at their annual conference later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/mounties-clubs-under-fire-as-austrac-takes-action-over-aml-failings3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/mounties-clubs-under-fire-as-austrac-takes-action-over-aml-failings3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/mounties-clubs-under-fire-as-austrac-takes-action-over-aml-failings3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/mounties-clubs-under-fire-as-austrac-takes-action-over-aml-failings3-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Federal Court will now weigh whether Mounties breached its obligations under Australia\u2019s <strong>AML and counterterrorism financing laws<\/strong>, in what is shaping up to be a landmark case for pokies regulation in suburban Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTRAC alleges that Mounties \u2014 which runs venues like Mounties Mt Pritchard, Manly Bowling Club, Harbord Diggers and Club Wyong \u2014 failed to correctly monitor patrons at its 1,400 pokies terminals. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13034,"menu_order":78,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3686,3184,4804],"class_list":["post-13030","europe","type-europe","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","tag-australia","tag-europe","tag-nsw","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - 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