澳大利亚联邦警察起诉悉尼一男子涉为犯罪集团洗钱逾1.23亿澳元：在其住所搜出约75万澳元现金
澳大利亚联邦警察（AFP）10月28日在悉尼宣布，一名40岁悉尼男子被起诉，指其参与一个跨国犯罪网络、为多个有组织犯罪集团洗钱超过1.23亿澳元；警方在其郊区住所搜出约75万澳元现金。该男子被拒绝保释，10月28日在新南威尔士州保释法庭出庭。
AFP 表示，由其牵头、与澳大利亚交易报告和分析中心（AUSTRAC）、澳大利亚刑事情报委员会和澳大利亚边防部队组成的「Avarus 特别行动组」自2026年2月起调查该网络。警方指控，该网络以空壳公司充当企业「钱骡」，把犯罪所得现金兑换为加密货币或转移至境外，并以多种手法掩饰资金来源与流向；被捕男子被指控制多个用于转移犯罪所得的空壳公司银行账户。10月27日，AFP 在 AUSTRAC 协助下搜查了 Strathfield 与 Burwood 的住所，查获装在两个食品袋内的约75万澳元现金、多件奢侈手袋与手表、一台点钞机及多件电子设备。
该男子被控一项鲁莽处理1,000万澳元以上犯罪所得罪（最高刑期15年）与一项鲁莽处理10万澳元以上犯罪所得罪（最高刑期10年）。
AFP 侦缉警司 Peter Fogarty 说：「有组织犯罪集团依靠洗钱网络隐藏利润、跨境转移资金并再投入犯罪活动。刑事集团或许以为复杂的公司安排能让他们的钱躲开执法，但 AFP 与伙伴机构正合作追踪非法资金、找出协助转移的人。这次逮捕应当给任何为有组织犯罪提供金融服务的人一个警告。」警方表示调查仍在继续。
Sydney Man Charged Over Alleged $123 Million Money-Laundering Network, AFP Seizes About $750,000 in Cash
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) announced in Sydney on October 28 that a 40-year-old Sydney man has been charged over his alleged role in a transnational criminal network suspected of laundering more than $123 million on behalf of multiple organised crime syndicates, with about $750,000 in cash seized from a suburban home. The man was refused bail to appear before the NSW Bail Division Court on October 28.
Taskforce Avarus, an AFP-led initiative with AUSTRAC, the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission and the Australian Border Force, began investigating in February 2026. The AFP alleges the network offered laundering services to organised crime syndicates by converting cash derived from criminal activity into cryptocurrency or transferring it offshore through shell companies operating as corporate money mules, using sophisticated methods to conceal the source and movement of funds. The Sydney man allegedly controlled shell company bank accounts used to transfer millions of dollars in criminal proceeds. On October 27, the AFP, assisted by AUSTRAC, executed search warrants at homes in Strathfield and Burwood, seizing an estimated $750,000 in cash found in two grocery bags, multiple luxury handbags and watches, a cash-counting machine and electronic devices.
The man is charged with one count of recklessly dealing with proceeds of crime worth $10 million or more, carrying a maximum penalty of 15 years' imprisonment, and one count of recklessly dealing with proceeds of crime worth $100,000 or more, carrying a maximum of 10 years.
'Organised crime groups rely on money laundering networks to conceal their profits, move funds across borders and reinvest in further criminal activity,' AFP Detective Superintendent Peter Fogarty said. 'This arrest should serve as a warning to anyone providing financial services to organised crime: you are an essential part of the criminal business model, and the AFP will target you if you help criminals conceal and move their illicit wealth.' Investigations remain ongoing.
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