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Edward Greaves

Perth Barrister

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Recovering costs when Police drop a charge

22 November 2017 By Edward Greaves Leave a Comment

Can you recover legal costs against the police? The situation in Western Australia and the options for the accused when police drop a charge before trial. Read more

Filed Under: Crime

AUSTRAC v Commonwealth Bank of Australia

24 September 2017 By Edward Greaves Leave a Comment

In 2015 the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) assessed the effectiveness of Australia’s Anti Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing regime. The April 2015 report suggested more enforcement action. This may have prompted AUSTRAC’s investigation into the Commonwealth Bank. Read more

Filed Under: AML/CTF

Unexplained Wealth: CCC powers under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act (WA)

27 August 2017 By Edward Greaves Leave a Comment

The WA government has introduced legislation amending the Criminal Property Confiscation Act 2000 (WA) to give the CCC power to investigate and litigate Unexplained Wealth matters. This has potentially significant consequences. I consider those effects. Read more

Filed Under: Criminal Property Confiscation Act 2000

Secure encrypted communications between lawyers and clients

24 July 2017 By Edward Greaves Leave a Comment

I explain the reasons why it may be appropriate to consider using a secure, encrypted service for communications between lawyer and client. I consider various apps including Wickr, BlackBerry BBM, Signal, WhatsApp across multiple platforms. Read more

Filed Under: Crime Tagged With: communications, encryption, secure

AFP ordered to return money to innocent cuckoo smurfing victim under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

19 April 2017 By Edward Greaves Leave a Comment

The AFP attempted to use the Proceeds of Crime Act to restrain property of innocent victims of money laundering. The circumstances of this case were highly suggestive of ‘cuckoo smurfing’. The WA Supreme Ct ordered the AFP to return the innocent victim’s money. I acted for the successful innocent parties in this matter. Read more

Filed Under: Proceeds of Crime Act Tagged With: cuckoo smurfing, proceeds of crime

Recovering money seized by WA Police

6 March 2017 By Edward Greaves Leave a Comment

Some notes on how to recover money from WA Police where the client has not been charged and has not been served with a Freezing notice under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act. Read more

Filed Under: Criminal Property Confiscation Act 2000

Derivatives and the Misuse of Drugs Act 1981

6 March 2017 By Edward Greaves Leave a Comment

When a substance is a derivative of a prohibited drug for offences eg possess, sell, supply under the Misuse of Drugs Act: guidance from the Court of Appeal in the recent decision of Clegg v WA [No 2]. Read more

Filed Under: Crime

Privilege against self-incrimination for companies and their directors

6 February 2017 By Edward Greaves Leave a Comment

Privilege against self-incrimination as it affects a company and its directors: comments on an interesting judgment of the Supreme Court of WA: WA v Galati Read more

Filed Under: Corporations, Crime, Regulatory

Civil Rights and Civil forfeiture: US perspective

30 June 2016 By Edward Greaves Leave a Comment

In this article a former US Federal prosecutor makes the case for civil forfeiture. It is a well-written piece by an eminently qualified author. Read more

Filed Under: Confiscations & Proceeds of Crime Tagged With: confiscations, criminal property confiscation, proceeds of crime

Panama Papers: the Australian consequences

16 May 2016 By Edward Greaves Leave a Comment

Perspectives of an ex Federal Prosecutor who is familiar with Mossack Fonseca on likely responses of Australian authorities (ATO, AFP) to the Panama Papers. Read more

Filed Under: AML/CTF, Banks, Confiscations & Proceeds of Crime, Crime

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Edward Greaves
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