Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre

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anti-money laundering regulator financial intelligence unit government agency

The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) is Australia’s financial intelligence agency and anti-money laundering regulator responsible for detecting, deterring, and disrupting criminal abuse of the financial system.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre canonical	7
AUSTRAC	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8365232 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre
Context triple: [Australian Intelligence Community, hasMember, Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre]

A. Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada
The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada is Canada’s financial intelligence unit responsible for detecting, preventing, and deterring money laundering and terrorist financing through the collection and analysis of financial transaction reports.
B. Australian Securities and Investments Commission
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is Australia’s corporate, markets, financial services and consumer credit regulator, responsible for enforcing laws to protect investors and maintain fair and transparent financial markets.
C. Anti-Money Laundering Control Authority
The Anti-Money Laundering Control Authority was a former Swiss regulatory body responsible for overseeing and enforcing anti-money laundering measures in the country’s financial sector.
D. Australian Taxation Office
The Australian Taxation Office is the principal revenue collection agency of the Australian Government, responsible for administering the federal tax system and related superannuation legislation.
E. Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is Australia’s independent financial regulator responsible for overseeing banks, credit unions, building societies, insurers, and most members of the superannuation industry to ensure their safety and stability.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre
Target entity description: The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) is Australia’s financial intelligence agency and anti-money laundering regulator responsible for detecting, deterring, and disrupting criminal abuse of the financial system.

A. Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada
The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada is Canada’s financial intelligence unit responsible for detecting, preventing, and deterring money laundering and terrorist financing through the collection and analysis of financial transaction reports.
B. Australian Securities and Investments Commission
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is Australia’s corporate, markets, financial services and consumer credit regulator, responsible for enforcing laws to protect investors and maintain fair and transparent financial markets.
C. Anti-Money Laundering Control Authority
The Anti-Money Laundering Control Authority was a former Swiss regulatory body responsible for overseeing and enforcing anti-money laundering measures in the country’s financial sector.
D. Australian Taxation Office
The Australian Taxation Office is the principal revenue collection agency of the Australian Government, responsible for administering the federal tax system and related superannuation legislation.
E. Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is Australia’s independent financial regulator responsible for overseeing banks, credit unions, building societies, insurers, and most members of the superannuation industry to ensure their safety and stability.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anti-money laundering regulator ⓘ financial intelligence unit ⓘ government agency ⓘ
abbreviation	AUSTRAC ⓘ linked to: Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre
cooperatesWith	Australian Border Force ⓘ Australian Federal Police ⓘ Australian Security Intelligence Organisation ⓘ Australian Taxation Office ⓘ international financial intelligence units ⓘ state and territory law enforcement agencies ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
foundedBy	Australian Government ⓘ linked to: Australian government
goal	combat money laundering ⓘ combat terrorism financing ⓘ protect integrity of Australia’s financial system ⓘ support law enforcement investigations ⓘ
hasType	financial regulator ⓘ
headquartersCountry	Australia ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Sydney ⓘ
headquartersState	New South Wales ⓘ
jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 ⓘ Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Australian Eastern Standard Time ⓘ
monitors	international funds transfer instructions ⓘ suspicious matter reports ⓘ threshold transaction reports ⓘ
overseenBy	Minister for Home Affairs ⓘ linked to: Minister for Home Affairs of Australia
parentAgency	Australian Government ⓘ linked to: Australian government
partOf	Australia’s national security architecture ⓘ
responsibility	analyse financial intelligence ⓘ collect financial transaction reports ⓘ detect criminal abuse of the financial system ⓘ deter criminal abuse of the financial system ⓘ disrupt criminal abuse of the financial system ⓘ regulate anti-money laundering compliance ⓘ regulate counter-terrorism financing compliance ⓘ
sectorRegulated	banks ⓘ bookmakers ⓘ bullion dealers ⓘ casinos ⓘ credit unions ⓘ digital currency exchanges ⓘ money remitters ⓘ
shortName	AUSTRAC ⓘ linked to: Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre
website	https://www.austrac.gov.au ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Australian Intelligence Community → hasMember → Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre ⓘ

Australian Financial System → hasRegulator → Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre ⓘ

subject linked to: The Australian Financial System

Australian Financial System → antiMoneyLaunderingRegulator → Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre ⓘ

subject linked to: The Australian Financial System

Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission → collaboratesWith → Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre ⓘ

Australian law enforcement agencies → includes → Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre ⓘ

Office of National Intelligence → oversees → Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre ⓘ

AIC → hasMember → Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre ⓘ

Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre → shortName → AUSTRAC ⓘ

linked to: Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre

Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre → abbreviation → AUSTRAC ⓘ