IR-01-24-31066 
16 September 2024 
Robert Wilde  
[FYI request #28270 email] 
Dear Robert 
Information Request 
I refer to your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request dated 1 September 2024, in which you 
requested the fol owing information:  
Please provide any emails, correspondence, communications or otherwise which refer 
to the joint conference between the NZ Financial Intel igence Unit and ACAMS and a 
private training institution. 
Please outline how this joint event came into existence and how much of the event fee 
(what percentage of the event fee) the police wil  receive versus how much ACAMS wil  
receive. 
In regard to the first part of your request, to Police’s knowledge there has never been a private 
training institution involved with the joint NZ Financial Intelligence Unit and ACAMS conference, 
and the NZ Financial Intel igence Unit cannot locate any emails, correspondence, or 
communications within the scope of your request. As such, this part of your request is refused 
under section 18(e) of the OIA, as the information requested does not exist.   
In regard to the second part of your request, the joint Financial Intelligence Unit and ACAMS 
conference came into existence approximately 15 years ago, stemming from a need to build 
stronger networks with AMLCFT industry partners, and to share learnings on money laundering, 
terrorism financing typologies, and related case studies domestically, and from our international 
partners. Police and ACAMS receive no percentage of the event fee, and any surplus from the 
conference, funds future joint Financial Intelligence Unit and ACAMS conference events, 
training, education, and outreach for reporting entities under the Anti-Money Laundering and 
Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009. 
You have the right, under section 28(3) of the OIA, to make a complaint to the Ombudsman 
about this OIA response. Information about how to make a complaint is available at 
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602. 
Yours sincerely, 
Daniel Frost  
Manager Financial Intelligence Unit NZ Police 
Police National Headquarters
180 Molesworth Street. PO Box 3017, Wellington 6140, New Zealand. 
Telephone: 04 474 9499. Fax: 04 498 7400. www.police.govt.nz   

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