Abbreviations and Acronyms
| AMLD | Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing, 2015 |
| ACC | Australian Crime Commission |
| ACC Act | Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 (Cth) |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| ADJR Act | Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth) |
| AFP | Australian Federal Police |
| AML/CTF | Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing |
| AML/CTF Act | Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Cth) |
| AUD | Australian dollar |
| AUSTRAC | Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre |
| CBA | Commonwealth Bank of Australia |
| CBM-BNI | Cross-border movements of bearer negotiable instruments |
| CBM-PC | Cross-border movements of physical currency |
| CDD | Customer due diligence |
| CDPP | Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions |
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
| CFSP | Common Foreign and Security Policy |
| CFI | Court of First Instance of CJEU |
| CJEU | Court of Justice of the European Union |
| CFT | Countering the financing of terrorism (FATF and UN terminology) |
| CTF | Counter-terrorism financing (Australian terminology) |
| CoE | Council of Europe, Strasbourg |
| CFD | Council Framework Decision |
| Code | Criminal Code (Cth) |
| CODEXTER | CoE Committee of experts on terrorism |
| COTUNA | Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 (Cth) |
| DTA | Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (Cth) |
| ECHR | European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms |
European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg | |
| ECJ | European Court of Justice, Luxembourg |
| ECOSOC | United Nations Economic and Social Council |
| EP | European Parliament |
| EU | European Union |
| EUR | Euro |
| European Charter | Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union |
| European Council | Heads of State or Government of the EU Member States, together with its President and the President of the Commission |
| FBI | USA Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| FinCEN | Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (USA) |
| FTRA | Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 |
| GBP | British pound (currency) |
| HCA | High Court of Australia |
| HRC | UN Human Rights Committee |
| ICCPR | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| IFTIs | International funds transfer instructions |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| INSLM | Independent National Security Legislation Monitor |
| ISIL | Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant |
| KYC | know-your-customer |
| FATF | Financial Action Task Force |
| LCA | Law Council of Australia |
| Merida Convention | UNConvention against Corruption (UNCAC), 2349 UNTS 41 |
| ML/TF | Money laundering and terrorism financing |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OLAF | European Anti-Fraud Office (Office européen de lutte anti-fraude) |
| OJ | Official Journal of the EU |
| Palermo Convention | UNConvention against Transnational Organised Crime (UNTOC), 2000, 225 UNTS 20 |
| POAC | Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission is the specialist body set up by the UK Parliament to hear and determine appeals brought against decisions proscribing, or refusing to lift the proscription |
| PNR | Passenger Name Record |
| POAC | Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission (UK) |
| POCA | Proceeds of Crime Act (Cth) |
| RBA | Risk-based approach |
| Rec | Recommendation |
| RICO | Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (US) |
| QLD | Queensland |
| SA | South Australia |
| SBA | Swiss Bankers Association |
| SCAG | Standing Committee of Attorneys General |
| SLCALC | Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee |
| SLRC | Security Legislation Review Committee |
| SMR | Suspicious Matter Report |
| SOCA | Serious Organised Crime Agency, UK |
| STR | Suspicious Transaction Report |
| Strasbourg Convention | Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime, 1990, ETS n°141 |
| STC-LCA | Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs |
| TRACFIN | Traitement du Renseignement et Action contre les Circuits Financiers clandestins (French Financial Intelligence Unit) |
| The Code | Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) |
| TTR | Threshold Transactions Report |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UN | United Nations Organisation |
| UNCFT | International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, 1999, 2178 UNTS 197 |
| UNODC | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |
| UNSC | United Nations Security Council |
| UNSCR | United Nations Security Council Resolution |
| UNTOC | UNConvention against Transnational Organised Crime, 2000 (Palermo Convention) |
| US, USA | United States of America |
| USC | United States Code (US criminal code) |
| USD | United States dollar |
Virtual currencies | |
| VCPPS | VC payment products and services |
| Vienna Convention | UNConvention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, 1988, 1582 UNTS 95 |
| WA | Western Australia |
| WMD | Weapons of mass destruction |
| WWII | World War II |