'If Andrew Wilkie has evidence of a licensed venue not meeting its AML/CTF obligations then he should raise the matter with AUSTRAC so the regulator can properly investigate,' the spokesperson said.

Mr Stolz, who worked for ClubsNSW for nine years and left his job in September last year, told the ABC he was the source of the leaked document.ĬlubsNSW represents over 1,000 RSL, sporting and other clubs in the state, which has around half of Australia's poker machines.Ī ClubsNSW spokesperson described Thursday's speech as 'more anti-club hysteria from Andrew Wilkie'. 'Deputy Speaker … they're running a protection racket for the gambling industry,' he called out after the decision. Mr Wilkie requested leave to table the ClubsNSW board document in Parliament, but leave was not granted. Mr Wilkie said the 'alarming information' came from a 2019 ClubsNSW board paper provided to him by a whistleblower. 'No-one is doing anything about it,' he said. In a speech to Federal Parliament earlier Thursday, independent MP Andrew Wilkie said up to 95 per cent of clubs in New South Wales were 'operating illegally' by not complying with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws. 'The crooks are going with their drug money and putting it in the machines and the crooks are cleaning it,' he said. In an exclusive interview with the ABC, Troy Stolz, a former ClubsNSW anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism finance (AML/CTF) compliance auditor, said that the scale of the problem was both 'massive' and 'alarming'.

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