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Issues for dialoque

8.

The Director TFU visited the United States and Canada in 1989

and his itinerary was arranged by the FBI and RCMP respectively.

The purpose of the Director's visits to Australia and Hong Kong is

to learn at first hand of the operational methods and activities of

Agencies in those countries responsible for tackling and curbing

corruption, racketeering, organised crime, white collar crime,

commercial crime, money laundering, bank and stock exchange fraud,

international fraud etc. The Director is interested in legislative

measures enacted; investigation and compliance techniques; IT/IS

applications for tackling racketeering and fraud, and in the

intelligence field; strategic studies of organised crime etc; the

collation, analysis and dissemination of financial intelligence; the

operation of statutory confiscation schemes; and in racketeering and

financial crime/money laundering problems encountered and solutions

implemented, or devised but not implemented because of political or

legislative concerns.

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