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Wellington mayor Andy Foster is looking for a third chief of staff, after the resignation of Sarah Owen.
Wellington Mayor Andy Foster has lost another chief of staff, with Sarah Owen announcing she is taking up a role with the Department of Conservation. Foster announced the departure in a statement on Wednesday, saying Owen was “heading back” to the government organisation to assume the role of chief sustainability advisor. “Obviously, this is sad news for me, but I recognise the fantastic opportunity that exists within her future role, one that will have national significance and speaks to her passion for the environment,” Foster said.
Press Release – New Zealand Police
Police are announcing its third instalment in a trilogy of operations targeting and disrupting Auckland’s high-end money launderers.
Early this morning members of the Financial Crime Group, assisted by the Armed Offenders Squad and staff from across Tāmaki Makaurau, terminated Operation Ida.
Twelve search warrants were executed across the city, including at a Newmarket business and at numerous residential addresses.
Operation Ida sees Police restraining more than $10.2 million in assets and making 10 arrests as part of the investigation.
Four properties and three vehicles, worth more than $10 million, have been restrained in St Heliers, Kumeu and New Lynn.
Source: New Zealand Police (National News)
Police are announcing its third instalment in a trilogy of operations targeting and disrupting Auckland’s high-end money launderers.
Early this morning members of the Financial Crime Group, assisted by the Armed Offenders Squad and staff from across Tāmaki Makaurau, terminated Operation Ida.
Twelve search warrants were executed across the city, including at a Newmarket business and at numerous residential addresses.
Operation Ida sees Police restraining more than $10.2 million in assets and making 10 arrests as part of the investigation.
Four properties and three vehicles, worth more than $10 million, have been restrained in St Heliers, Kumeu and New Lynn.
Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 4:34 pm
Police are announcing its third instalment in a trilogy
of operations targeting and disrupting Auckland’s high-end
money launderers.
Early this morning members of the
Financial Crime Group, assisted by the Armed Offenders Squad
and staff from across Tāmaki Makaurau, terminated Operation
Ida.
Twelve search warrants were executed across the city,
including at a Newmarket business and at numerous
residential addresses.
Operation Ida sees Police
restraining more than $10.2 million in assets and making 10
arrests as part of the investigation.
Four properties and
three vehicles, worth more than $10 million, have been
restrained in St Heliers, Kumeu and New Lynn.
Small Auckland firm pinged for not meeting several obligations.
A small Auckland law firm has received the legal sector’s first formal warning for non-compliance with anti-money laundering laws.
The Department of Internal Affairs said today it had issued a formal warning to Kidd Legal, which has two offices in Auckland and about 10 staff, for failing to meet several obligations under the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009.
That included failing to establish, implement and maintain a programme; failing to demonstrate how they would ensure compliance from staff; and failing to adequately understand or assess the risk of money laundering and terrorism financing within the business.