Politically exposed persons (PEPs) are individuals entrusted with prominent public functions, such as senior politicians and public servants and are potential targets for bribes due to their prominent positions in public life and access to government, supranational or aid funds. To combat money laundering risks posed by PEPs, there is a need for ongoing monitoring...

Three-dimensional virtual environments (3dves) are the new generation of digital multi-user social networking platforms. Their immersive character allows users to create a digital humanised representation or avatar, enabling a degree of virtual interaction not possible through conventional text-based internet technologies. As recent international experience demonstrates, in addition to the conventional range of cybercrimes (including economic...

The Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (DUMA) program surveys alleged offenders in police detention in nine places around Australia about their drug use and criminal behaviour. Since its inception in 1999, the DUMA program has been the only nationwide survey of drug use by alleged offenders in Australia conducted on a routine basis. It operates...

It is not a new observation that Indigenous people in Australia experience violence at a higher rate than the general population. The impact of violence on Indigenous people and their communities has been widely documented by government and non-government inquiries, reports and commentaries. As in all populations, some individuals, families and communities are more likely...

This brief focuses on Indigenous sentencing courts, which operate in all Australian states and territories except Tasmania.